; (B) puts the finances of the United States at risk; and (C) ruins the lives of individuals in the United States. (4) Investigations led by SIGTARP have resulted in criminal charges against more than 400 defendants, including criminal charges against nearly 100 bankers. These criminal charges were related to more than 20 failed banks, with a combined estimated loss to the deposit insurance fund of $7,000,000,000. (5) SIGTARP’s investigations led to the Department of Justice enforcement actions against 10 financial institutions, with 8 having total assets exceeding $100,000,000,000. (6) SIGTARP has developed unique methods to search for crime by using industry, financial, and human intelligence, including fraudulent conduct that contributed to the failure of financial institutions, or that was either in, or impacted, financial institutions. (7) Rather than establishing an entirely new entity, it makes the most sense for taxpayers to rely on SIGTARP’s understanding of complex bank records and bank operations and use of intelligence to— (A) identify anomalies