Cryptocurrency Investigations

The use of Cryptocurrency as a form of payments and investments has exploded over the past several years. Due to the decentralization that cryptocurrency offers, criminals have tapped into this market to pay for illicit activity as well as engage in money laundering methods. There are thousands of cryptocurrencies available ranging in costs from less than a penny to $69,000 for Bitcoin at its peak. Criminals prefer “privacy coins” like Monero or Zcash as a method to further obscure their identifies. This training course will cover the fundamentals of cryptocurrency to include how to obtain it using cryptocurrency wallets, peer to peer networks, and cryptocurrency exchanges.  A brief overview of cryptocurrency tracking methods will be presented during the final block of instruction.