OSINT in fraud cases: Why false names no longer protect perpetrators
False names, shell companies, and virtual addresses no longer mean that fraudsters remain undetected. Professional OSINT investigations combine publicly available information with blockchain forensics and technical analysis to uncover criminal networks. Learn how open source intelligence helps lawyers, businesses, and law enforcement agencies solve fraud cases.
Huione Group: What lawyers and companies need to know about investigations and claims
Did assets flow through wallets linked to the Huione Group? For law firms, companies, and authorities, a reliable assessment is crucial. We explain the FinCEN measures, the liquidation of Huione Pay and H-Pay, and demonstrate how court-admissible blockchain forensics supports claims and investigations.
Can USDC be frozen? What lawyers and companies need to know about the circle freeze.
USDC is one of the few major crypto assets that Circle can centrally freeze. This provides lawyers, insolvency administrators, and law enforcement agencies with a practical tool for asset protection. We explain the blacklist function, known cases, and the requirements for legally admissible evidence.
Polygon network in crypto forensics: What lawyers and companies need to know about asset transfers
Polygon is fast, affordable, and international, and criminals exploit this. How court-admissible crypto forensics uncovers asset transfers for lawyers and companies.
Forensic analysis of an arbitrum swap: Professionally reconstructing wallet, bridge, and token flows
Cross-chain operations on Arbitrum are forensically challenging: sequencer logic, delayed inbox, and router and gateway architecture require a clear methodological separation of verifiable on-chain facts and interpretation. We present a reproducible investigation framework for the professional analysis of Arbitrum swaps—as a basis for court-admissible reports.
AI in crypto forensics: How artificial intelligence is changing blockchain investigations
How artificial intelligence is changing crypto forensics: wallet clustering, graph analysis, cross-chain tracing and behavioral analysis, and where the limits lie.
Case report: forensic analysis, asset freeze, and a thwarted recovery scam
This case report documents a real-life case involving forensic analysis, subsequent official seizure of approximately €35,000 on a cryptocurrency exchange, and a thwarted recovery scam attempt involving €5,800. It includes methodological guidance and lessons learned for lawyers, compliance officers, and defense attorneys handling similar cases.
Crypto mixers in the context of compliance and forensics: System types, legal developments and limits of investigation
This article provides a systematic classification of crypto mixers for legal and compliance practice: operating principle, custodial and non-custodial mixers, zero-knowledge proofs for Tornado Cash, CoinJoin procedures, privacy coins, DeFi-based layering, recent legal developments regarding sanctions and operator prosecution, forensic investigation limits, and the role of centralized exchanges.
Crypto forensics in practice: Methods, heuristics and limitations of modern blockchain investigations
This article provides a methodological overview of crypto forensics for legal and consulting practice: UTXO and account model, blockchain tracing, wallet clustering, common input ownership heuristic, taint analysis according to FIFO, pro-rata and poison model, attribution via KYC and OSINT, as well as tool landscape and limits of forensic analysis – with a clear reference to client work.
Case report on the crypto love scam: forensic investigation and asset recovery in the international scam network
This article documents a real-life crypto love scam with a total loss of €184,000 and describes the forensic methodology used: transaction reconstruction, peel chain detection, cross-chain tracking between TRON, Ethereum and BNB Chain, AI-supported wallet clustering, and the International Preservation Request, which led to the recovery of €112,000 – with lessons learned for legal representation.