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| Subject: US Law Enforcement Have Spent Hundreds of Thousands on Bitcoin Tracking Tools Thu May 25, 2017 9:29 pm | |
| The blockchain can be pretty overwhelming, with criminals moving their funds through a string of addresses before finally cashing them out. Presumably to deal with that issue, several US law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have all paid for software from bitcoin tracking company Chainalysis according to public records, with one purchase order being signed just this month.
The news highlights the increasing relevance of private firms in digital investigations; many agencies also pay contractors to provide intelligence regarding criminal activities on the dark web. "Chainalysis protects the junction between finance and the decentralized internet," the company's website reads. In short, Chainalysis' platform allows a user a bird's-eye view of the blockchain, including transactions between specific bitcoin exchanges, such as Bitstamp, and other entities, including dark web marketplaces. "We serve everyone who has an interest in managing risk and compliance in digital currencies," Chainalysis co-founder Jonathan Levin told Motherboard in an email. That includes everyone from large financial institutions, to small bitcoin businesses, to law enforcement customers, according to Levin. "However we do not make them or our revenues public," Levin added.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/us-law-enforcement-have-spent-hundreds-of-thousands-on-bitcoin-tracking-tools _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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