BlockAML

Specialising in consulting, training, advocacy, and keynote speaking, at the intersection of digital assets, financial crime, and anti-money laundering.

[Michael Halepas @MikeHalepas]

Super excited for today in beautiful Lisbon. Looking forward to plenty of interesting discussions on Stablecoin Day, at @NFCsummit. 🇵🇹

#Web3 #Conference #Blockchain #Stablecoins #Portugal

@Block_AML

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[BlockAML @Block_AML]

If it fails, it will further entrench a model where blockchain analytics, clustering, and “effective control” arguments carry enormous weight in establishing liability.
#BitcoinFog #CryptoCompliance #AML #CFT #FinancialCrime #DOJ #Regulation #CryptoLaw #VASP #BlockchainAnalytics

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

The Bitcoin Fog appeal goes far beyond one darknet mixer. It strikes at the heart of the U.S. Department of Justice's theory that global crypto services can be treated as “operating” in D.C. based on thin jurisdictional hooks alone.

https://t.co/F9H0nWXAHl

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

If the appeal succeeds, it could narrow how aggressively prosecutors characterise non‑U.S. platforms as unlicensed money transmitters, and reshape expectations for cross‑border AML/CTF compliance in crypto.

[Visual Capitalist @VisualCap]

Five of the top ten crypto hacking methods exploit code vulnerabilities ⌨️

This graphic, created in partnership with @Inigo_Insurance, breaks down the top ten ways hackers steal crypto. 

https://t.co/88gNcOtzce #fraudindata

[Michael Halepas @MikeHalepas]

Having recently been approved as an Associate Trainer with the @CityPoliceECCA, this week I had the pleasure, as part of my training, of observing the "Management of Economic Crime Investigation Course".

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

For regulators, the challenge is to decide whether to treat units like T3 as welcome co‑regulators, tightly supervised critical infrastructure, or simply powerful counterparties whose incentives may not always align with public policy. #T3 #FinancialCrime #AML

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

Industry‑led financial crime units are no longer a thought experiment. With T3 (the joint initiative from Tether, TRON and TRM Labs) now claiming to have frozen more than US$ 450 million in illicit crypto across multiple continents, we are watching...

https://t.co/PpHSStF30B

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

On another, it raises questions about due process, accountability, and the concentration of gatekeeping power in the hands of a small number of infrastructure providers and analytics vendors.

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

I suspect OneCoin’s restitution process will become a reference point for how courts and enforcement agencies handle victim claims in future global crypto frauds.

#OneCoin #CryptoFraud #VictimCompensation #Forfeiture #DOJ #FBI #FinancialCrime #DigitalAssets #CryptoCompliance

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a compensation process for victims of the OneCoin fraud, which raised an estimated $4 billion worldwide through a pseudo‑crypto multi‑level marketing scheme between 2014 and 2019.

https://t.co/4UDmYwxOI1

[BlockAML @Block_AML]

▪️ the way these schemes are marketed—as education, community, or “once‑in‑a‑lifetime” investment clubs—remains highly relevant to today’s token, yield and MLM‑style offerings

[Decrypt @DecryptMedia]

The U.S. government moved 8.2 Bitcoin, or greater than $600,000, that is linked to the $9 billion Bitfinex hack from 2016. https://t.co/jIkyh8zCeY

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🚨 ALERT: Fake Ledger Live app on Apple’s App Store reportedly drained $9.5M from 50+ victims in just one week, per ZachXBT.

[Decrypt @DecryptMedia]

DOJ Opens $40M Compensation Process for OneCoin Crypto Fraud Victims
https://t.co/PF9SI9pk51