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Operation Bonanza: Chainalysis Helps Spanish National Police Recover $21 Million in Crypto During Global Ponzi Scheme Investigation

How Chainalysis helped the Spanish National Police recover $21 million worth of crypto linked to a global Ponzi scheme that defrauded 50,000 victims.

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Asset Seizure and Cryptocurrency: How Chainalysis Creates Opportunities for Self-Sustaining Law Enforcement

Chainalysis empowers law enforcement and financial institutions to track, freeze, and seize illicit cryptocurrency, recovering billions in stolen funds and disrupting global crime networks.

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Chainalysis in Action: Landmark Case in U.S. Sets Precedent for Crypto-Centric Tax Fraud Investigations

Frank Richard Ahlgren III was sentenced to prison after IRS-CI special agents leveraged Chainalysis solutions to set a precedent for crypto tax fraud investigations.

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Operation Spincaster lands in Delta: Local police equipped to trace and freeze millions from scam wallet

Operation Spincaster landed in Delta for the second sprint in Canada to equip local law enforcement with investigation tools to trace and freeze scam wallets.

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Chainalysis in Action: Illicit Residential Proxy Service Shut Down by Law Enforcement, Three Administrators Sanctioned by OFAC

Authorities arrested Yunhe Wang for administering the 911 S5 botnet. OFAC also sanctioned Wang and identified several of his crypto addresses

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Chainalysis in Action: Department of Justice Announces Second-Largest Ever Crypto Seizure, with $3.36 Billion in Bitcoin Seized from Silk Road Hacker

In November 2021, IRS-CI agents armed with Chainalysis seized $3.36 Billion in Bitcoin from Silk Road hacker James Zhong. Learn how here.

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Security First in a Decentralized World: ZetaChain’s Collaborative Approach with Chainalysis and Halborn

Utilizing Halbornand Chainalysis Crypto Incident Response, ZetaChain is improving the security of their platform.

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Chainalysis in Action: How Law Enforcement Tracked Millions’ Worth of Illicit Bitcoin in the Harmon Brothers Cases

Learn how Chainalysis tools helped in the investigation of Larry and Gary Harmon and the Helix mixer.

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Chainalysis In Action: Israeli Authorities Disrupt Hezbollah and Iran Quds Force Terrorism Financing Crypto Infrastructure, Seize $1.7 Million in First [Updated 3/26/24]

On June 27, 2023, Israeli authorities announced the first ever seizure of crypto from Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Force.

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Crypto Crime Has Hit Main Street. Here’s How Local Law Enforcement Can Take Action.

Debunking the misconception that tackling cryptocurrency-based crime is solely in the domain of large national-level law enforcement agencies

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$30 Million Seized: How the Cryptocurrency Community Is Making It Difficult for North Korean Hackers To Profit

More than $30M worth of the crypto stolen by North Korean-linked hackers has been seized. Here's how Chainalysis tracked down the funds.

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Chainalysis Takes the Stand: How Expert Testimony Helped Convict the Creator of Two Fraudulent ICOs

On July 21, 2022, Ryan Felton pleaded guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering. Here’s how Chainalysis testimony helped secure his guilty plea.

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Chainalysis In Action: How FBI Investigators Traced DarkSide’s Funds Following the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack

Learn how FBI investigators, along with Chainalysis, traced DarkSide's Funds following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

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Chainalysis in Action: OFAC Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that Received Over $160 million from Ransomware Attackers, Scammers, and Darknet Markets

Did you know that the Chainalysis tool helped investigations with OFAC Sanctions for Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that got over $160 mn from scammers?

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Applying Counterterrorism Strategies to Ransomware

Ransomware is a growing trend when it comes terrorism. Learn how counterterroism strategies are being applied to ransomware.