Crime
Cryptocurrency in the War Zone: A Closer Look at Recent Events in Syria
Last weekend, the Assad regime — which ruled Syria for over five decades and had been embroiled in a 13-year…
NCA Disrupts Multi-Billion Dollar Russian Money Laundering Network, OFAC Sanctions Related Individuals and Entities
On December 4, 2024, the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) disrupted a multi-billion dollar money laundering network, which provided…
Crypto Money Laundering in Japan: Global Problem, Local Perspectives
Read this article in Japanese. 2024 has seen a number of positive developments for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In many ways,…
All Crime is Crypto Crime: Gurvais Grigg on How Blockchain Intelligence is Changing Law Enforcement
Gurvais Grigg’s career has been defined by his command of data and technology to combat all facets of crime. A…
Anatomy of an Address Poisoning Scam
In recent years, cryptocurrency scams have become increasingly personalized, directly targeting individual wallet holders with alarming frequency and devastating consequences.…
OFAC Designates Russia-Based Cybercrime Syndicate, Evil Corp, in Joint Effort with UK’s FCDO and Australia’s DFAT
On 1 October, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth…
OFAC Designates Russian Exchange Cryptex, FinCEN names PM2BTC
Note: This blog was updated on October 7 to reflect that only Ivanov, not the affiliated service Universal Anonymous Payment…
In Large Operation, German Law Enforcement Seizes Servers of 47 Russia-centric No KYC Exchanges
On September 19, 2024, the German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) seized the infrastructure of 47 Russian-language no-KYC (Know Your Customer)…
2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 2: China-based CSAM and Cybercrime Networks On The Rise, Pig Butchering Scams Remain Lucrative
Sensitive content warning This article will touch on topics of criminal activity that readers may find distressing, including Child Sexual…
OFAC Sanctions Russian Drone Developer KB Vostok Linked to Ukraine Invasion
On August 23, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced further sanctions…
2024 Crypto Crime Mid-year Update Part 1: Cybercrime Climbs as Exchange Thieves and Ransomware Attackers Grow Bolder
Key findings Aggregate illicit activity on-chain has dropped by almost 20% year-to-date, demonstrating that legitimate activity is growing more quickly…
[REPORT PREVIEW] Malign Interference and Crypto: How Crypto Transaction Tracing Can Expose and Disrupt Malign Influence Efforts
This blog is a preview of our Malign Interference and Crypto Report. Discover the role crypto plays in facilitating disinformation…
Introducing Chainalysis Operation Spincaster: An Ecosystem-Wide Initiative To Disrupt and Prevent Billions in Losses to Crypto Scams
Approval phishing is an increasingly popular tactic used by criminals to steal funds through different scamming techniques such as fake…
[REPORT PREVIEW] Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency: Trends and new techniques for detection and investigation
This blog is a preview of our Money Laundering and Cryptocurrency Report. We’re excited to debut first-of-its-kind research that dives…
OFAC Sanctions Individuals Linked to the Nordic Resistance Movement, which Accepted Crypto Donations to Fund Terrorist Activities
On June 14, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Nordic…