Crime
Understanding Crypto Drainers
An overview of crypto drainers. Learn about cryptocurrency drainers, their impact, Bitcoin’s first drainers, and how to avoid them.
How To Use Blockchain Intelligence To Investigate Crypto Crime
Learn how law enforcement agencies can leverage blockchain intelligence to investigate crypto crime and gain a strategic advantage.
Assessing Terrorism Financing On-chain is Crucial and Complex
The gravity of any funds contributing to terrorism, regardless of the amount, requires the utmost attention from the public and private sectors.
International Agencies Sanction Russian National Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, Leader of Cybercrime Group LockBit, for Developing and Distributing Ransomware
Read to learn about the on-chain activities of Russian national, Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, the leader of ransomware company LockBit.
Examining the Impact of Ransomware Disruptions: Qakbot, LockBit, and BlackCat
Examining the impact of ransomware disruptions in 2023 and 2024 on the Qakbot malware, and the LockBit and ALPHV-BlackCat RaaS groups.
OFAC and Department of State Sanction Nearly 300 Individuals and Entities Involved in Russia’s War Machine, One Known to Have Accepted Crypto
Read to learn about the crypto activities of OKO Design Bureau, an entity sanctioned by OFAC that facilitated Russian weapons production.
Case Study: Tracking On-Chain Activities of Suspected FTC Impersonators
Read our blog to learn more about crypto-related impersonation scams and how you can protect yourself from this suspicious activity.
London’s Metropolitan Police Lead Disruption of Phishing-as-a-Service Provider LabHost
London's Metropolitan Police have announced the disruption of PhaaS provider LabHost. See analysis of LabHost's crypto transactions here.
Intellectual Property Infringement: Crypto Used in Sales for Illicit Streaming Services and Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals
Read to learn about how crypto is used in sales for illicit streaming services and counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
Darknet Market Revenues Rise In 2023 As Markets Develop Role Specialization
As part of the 2024 Crypto Crime Report, darknet revenue was one of two categories that increased in 2023. Learn about more darknet market trends.
OFAC and OFSI Sanction Social Media News Outlet Gaza Now for Hamas Fundraising in Wake of October 7 Attacks [Updated 4/1/24]
The U.S. and U.K. have levied sanctions against several individuals and entities, including Gaza Now, for raising funds for Hamas via crypto.
OFAC Sanctions Russia-based Blockchain Companies, Including Netex24 and Bitpapa, for Facilitating Sanctions Evasion
The U.S. sanctioned several Russian individuals and entities associated with crypto-based money laundering, including Netex24 and Bitpapa.
OFAC Sanctions Russian Nationals Ilya Andreevich Gambashidze and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tupikin for Facilitating Disinformation on Behalf of the Government of Russia, Funds Frozen by Tether
OFAC sanctioned two Russian nationals for facilitating disinformation on behalf of the Russian government.
The On-chain Footprint of Southeast Asia’s ‘Pig Butchering’ Compounds: Human Trafficking, Ransoms, and Hundreds of Millions Scammed
Read our blog to learn about the intersection of pig butchering scams and human trafficking, and see analysis of related crypto activity.
U.S. and U.K. Disrupt Lockbit Ransomware Group and Indict Two Russian Nationals While OFAC Levies Sanctions
On February 20, 2024, an international law enforcement effort resulted in the takedown of key LockBit infrastructure and two indictments.
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