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Cryptocurrency and crime

Cryptocurrency and crime describes how criminals use cryptocurrencies or target them for criminal purposes. This includes investment and romance scams (often called "pig-butchering"), ransomware payments, thefts and exchange hacks, money laundering and sanctions evasion, darknet-market transactions, and off-chain coercion to obtain private keys. Law…

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Pig-butchering scamRansomwareMoney launderingDarknetExit scams
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Cryptocurrency and crime

Nodes164
Edges163
Triples5
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012195
Components1

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cryptocurrency million us bitcoin stolen cryptocurrencies exchange theft money laundering wallet worth 000 crypto fraud bitcoins 2018 2022 funds used

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theftinstance ofThese traits suit offences0.80text
investment fraud andinstance ofThese traits suit offences0.80text
the U.Sinstance ofseized assets are typically managed and disposed of by custodial authorities0.80text
mixersinstance ofwhile also acknowledging barriers from privacy-enhancing techniques0.80text
privacy coinsinstance ofwhile also acknowledging barriers from privacy-enhancing techniques0.80text

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