Magistrate judge Zia Faruqui, and Jessi Brooks, assistant U.S. attorney in the national security section at the United States Attorney’s Office, have prosecuted several cryptocurrency-related cases, many of them amongst[…]
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The Rogue 100: How Cryptocurrency Criminals Cash Out
Jonathan Levin, co-founder and CSO of Chainalysis, and Kim Grauer, head of research, discuss the company’s 2020 Crypto Crime Report, which explores how cryptocurrency criminals, who perpetrate hacks and scams[…]
How Bitcoin Led to the Demise of the Largest Child Porn Site
Jonathan Levin, the cofounder and chief strategy officer of Chainalysis, describes how the blockchain analytics firm helped the IRS identify the administrator of the largest child porn website in the[…]
Monero’s Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, on How He Feels About Monero Being Used for Crime – Ep.93
Riccardo Spagni, the lead maintainer for Monero, describes the four pillars of Monero’s privacy, makes the case for why it would still be valuable even if BItcoin were to adopt[…]
How Widespread Is Money Laundering in Crypto? – Ep.72
Yaya Fanusie, director of analysis at the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Tom Robinson, chief data officer and cofounder of blockchain[…]
How Chainalysis Helps Solve Crimes: Jonathan Levin Tells All – Ep.62
Jonathan Levin, cofounder and chief operating officer for blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, describes how the company was born out of questions he had while a grad student, how they began[…]
Federal Prosecutor Kathryn Haun On How Criminals Use Bitcoin — And How She Catches Them
Kathryn Haun put away the DEA and Secret Service agents who tried to make off with more than $800,000 in stolen bitcoin while investigating the darknet Silk Road marketplace. She[…]
How The Blockchain Alliance Helps Law Enforcement With Bitcoin Crime And Developments Like The DAO
Jason Weinstein and Alan Cohn, partner and of counsel, respectively at law firm Steptoe & Johnson, discuss their work with the Blockchain Alliance, a coalition of both blockchain and cryptocurrency[…]