Speaking
Talks by Kyeson Blake Utley
Conference talks on crypto fraud, blockchain forensics and investigations.
Crypto Fraud & Blockchain Forensics
WALI Fall Conference · October 21, 2023. "Blockchain Assimilation", a practical introduction for investigators and legal professionals to how crypto works, how scams steal funds, the step-by-step tracing process, when stolen funds can be frozen, and Project GumShoe, a tool for separating and isolating wallets in large tracing cases.
Watch on YouTube · 51 minutes · edited for length; some on-screen case details are blurred.
Chapters
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:05 Welcome
- 1:52 Why this matters for investigators
- 3:52 Agenda
- 5:03 Crypto in a nutshell
- 9:01 Bitcoin Pizza Day
- 11:20 Key definitions
- 14:19 Buying crypto and how funds get stolen
- 16:15 The tracing process
- 19:51 Audience questions: exchanges, freezes and KYC
- 26:46 The reverse Robin Hood: how crypto scams work
- 28:49 Pig butchering and stealers
- 29:50 Fake recovery services
- 31:24 Blockchain forensics tools
- 33:26 Tracing walkthrough
- 36:05 Freezing stolen funds
- 41:59 Linux for investigators
- 43:39 Project GumShoe
- 46:27 Tether, XRP and freezable tokens
- 48:57 Freeze-friendly services and Q&A
Related
Slides: Speaker Deck · Essay: Pig butchering and the on-chain trail · Podcast: PHENIX Investigations, Episode 10
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