Lili Infante became a DEA agent by accident. It was spring 2007, Lili’s sophomore year at Columbia University. Having grown up in the chaos of post-Soviet Moscow, in an unstable household, Lili sought structure, discipline, and excellence. www.wired.com/story/the-de...
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Among the few diversions Lili permitted herself were weekly Skype calls with her grandmother Nina, back in Russia. Lili had a complicated relationship with her mom, but Nina was her closest confidante, the only person she truly trusted. www.wired.com/story/the-de...
She planned to outwork her peers and land a coveted internship on Wall Street her first summer—but then a summer job offer at the DEA’s Manhattan office piqued her interest. www.wired.com/story/the-de...
Lili would go on to graduate from the DEA Academy near the top of her class and join their ranks full time. She quickly became a prodigy, pioneering the agency’s investigations of the dark web. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-de...
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At the DEA, Lili helped to seize millions of dollars in illicit cryptocurrency, eventually taking down the largest and most sophisticated dark-web marketplace in history. But she never suspected her investigations might lead her back to her own family. www.wired.com/story/the-de...
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