https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/technology/how-a-cryptocurrency-helps-criminals-launder-money-and-evade-sanctions.html
Dec 7, 2025 — Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, ...Read more
https://www.sanctions.io/blog/how-illicit-actors-launder-money-through-crypto-exchanges
Oct 25, 2024 — Cryptocurrency money laundering is a sophisticated procedure involving an array of undisclosed transactions aimed at concealing the true origin of the wealth.Read
https://syntheticdrugs.unodc.org/syntheticdrugs/en/cybercrime/launderingproceeds/moneylaundering.html
Money laundering using cryptocurrencies follows the general pattern of placement-layering-integration but with some specific features.Read more
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-takedown-of-cryptocurrency-fraud-network-laundering-over-eur-700-million
Dec 4, 2025 — The investigation uncovered more than EUR 700 million laundered through a labyrinth of cryptocurrency exchanges, exploiting digital anonymity to ...Read more
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2025/11/17/cryptocurrencies-a-fast-lane-for-money-laundering_6747531_8.html
Nov 17, 2025 — Cryptocurrencies were initially driven by utopian ideals of decentralization and transparency. Now, they have become a threat to anti-money ...Read more
https://www.ic3.gov/CrimeInfo/Cryptocurrency
Criminals can exploit these characteristics to support illicit activity such as thefts, fraud, and money laundering.Read more
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/founder-chicago-cryptocurrency-company-indicted-alleged-10-million-money-laundering
Nov 18, 2025 — CHICAGO — The founder of a Chicago cryptocurrency company has been indicted in an alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy.Read more
https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blog/do-digital-currencies-and-cryptocurrencies-pose-higher-risk-money-laundering
An estimated $22.2 billion was laundered globally using cryptocurrencies in 2023, which is a decrease on the 2022 estimate of $31.5 billion. This could indicate ...Read more
https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/cryptocurrency-exchanges-binance-okx-money-laundering-crime/
Nov 17, 2025 — Scammers and other launderers of cryptocurrency often move illicit assets between numerous anonymous addresses before depositing the funds at an ...Read more
https://www.cftc.gov/LearnAndProtect/AdvisoriesAndArticles/MoneyMules.html
The criminals might send coins to a digital wallet and instruct you to move the money to your spot-market trading account, convert the crypto to dollars, and ...Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/crypto-is-increasingly-being-used-for-money-laundering-chainalysis-says.html
Jul 16, 2024 — Money launderers are increasingly using cryptocurrencies to conceal the origins and movement of illegally-obtained funds, according to a report by Chainalysis.Read
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666143825000328
by J Dote-Pardo · 2025 — Cryptocurrencies create opportunities for money laundering due to weak or fragmented regulation, decentralized exchanges, and privacy-enhancing ...Read
https://ngm.com.au/bitcoin-laundering/
Bitcoin laundering is a practical and cost-effective option for cyber criminals to launder proceeds of crime, and is therefore highly likely to be utilised in ...Read more
https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/exposed-thriving-black-market-crypto-fiat-money-mules
The anonymity of cryptocurrencies combined with money mule accounts makes an ideal method for money laundering. Tracing payments through the intermediaries' ...Read more
https://www.cognyte.com/blog/anti-money-laundering-cryptocurrency/
Cryptocurrency is used by criminals to launder funds from diverse types of crimes, from real-world criminal activities to cybercrimes, digital fraud, and thefts ...Read more
https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Europol%20Spotlight%20-%20Cryptocurrencies%20-%20Tracing%20the%20evolution%20of%20criminal%20finances.pdf
The illicit use of cryptocurrencies is predominantly associated with money laundering purposes, the (online) trade of illicit goods and services, and fraud. The ...Read more
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2024-crypto-money-laundering/
Feb 15, 2024 — Learn about crypto money laundering in 2023, key trends, and how money laundering tactics are changing in our preview of the 2024 Crypto ...
https://dfpi.ca.gov/consumers/crypto/crypto-scam-tracker/
Dec 8, 2025 — Search the table below by company name, scam type, or keywords to learn about the specific complaints the DFPI has received.Read more