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NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A senior official at the U.S. Justice Department and a veteran prosecutor with a focus on detecting white-collar crime is set to step down on Monday, adding to the recent wave of departures at the DOJ prior to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Lisa Miller, the deputy assistant attorney general of the DOJ's Fraud and Appellate sections, stated that Friday will mark her final day in the Department. She joined Main Justice in 2014 as a trial attorney specializing in combating healthcare fraud.

Regarding her future plans, Miller opted not to provide any comments.

During her tenure at the DOJ, Miller made history as the first woman to lead the DOJ's market integrity unit, implementing innovative data analysis techniques to uncover marketplace misconduct.

Her initiatives resulted in legal actions against traders engaged in spoofing commodities markets, those exploiting corporate trading schemes to trade illegally based on nonpublic information, and individuals accused of market manipulation.

In her most recent position, Miller played a key role in formulating new strategies for recovering compensation from executives linked to wrongdoing and establishing a new whistleblower program within the DOJ.