Financial Crime
Financial crime work reconstructs how a loss occurred: the solicitation, the payment chain, the corporate and banking infrastructure used, and the points at which regulated institutions interacted with the scheme.
The publications indexed here address fraud typologies encountered across European matters, the documentary standards expected by regulators and prosecutors, and how case files are structured so they can be filed without further reconstruction.
12 indexed resources
Scope of this topic
- ·Investment, romance-investment and corporate impersonation fraud typologies
- ·Payment chain reconstruction across banking rails and digital assets
- ·Corporate structure and beneficial ownership analysis
- ·Regulatory notification and cross-border complaint structuring
- ·Evidence packs prepared for counsel and competent authorities
Financial Crime resources
- Threat Intelligence · Risk · 3 min read
Warning Signs of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam
The structural warning signs that recur across fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platforms, documented from investigative casework.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Guide · Procedure · 3 min read
How to Report Cryptocurrency Fraud
Where and how to report cryptocurrency fraud in the EU: police, financial-crime units, exchanges and banks — and what each requires from you.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Threat Intelligence · Risk · 3 min read
How Fake Investment Platforms Are Built
The technical and operational anatomy of fraudulent investment platforms: cloned interfaces, shared infrastructure and centralised deposit routing.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Threat Intelligence · Risk · 3 min read
Pig Butchering Scams: Structure and Investigation
How long-term relationship investment fraud operates, why it succeeds, and how these networks are investigated on-chain and off-chain.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Threat Intelligence · Risk · 3 min read
Cryptocurrency Phishing and Wallet Drainers
How crypto phishing and wallet-drainer attacks work, what they leave on-chain, and how the resulting transfers are investigated.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Guide · Procedure · 3 min read
Financial Cybercrime Investigation in the EU
How financial cybercrime is investigated in a European context: regulatory channels, cross-border coordination and evidence expectations.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Case Study · Financial Fraud · 3 min read
European Investment Fraud
A multi-jurisdictional investment platform collected deposits from investors across four EU member states before withdrawal processing stopped.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Case Study · Digital Asset Fraud · 3 min read
International Cryptocurrency Scam
A social-engineering operation ran across messaging platforms and a cloned trading interface, collecting deposits from victims in three continents.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Case Study · Exchange Intelligence · 3 min read
Exchange Intelligence Investigation
Traced funds reached deposit addresses at several centralised services with different jurisdictions and compliance postures.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Service · Blockchain intelligence · 9 min read
Blockchain Intelligence & Digital Asset Investigations
Blockchain intelligence, cryptocurrency fraud investigation, wallet attribution, asset tracing and forensic evidence collection for individuals, institutions and legal counsel.
Updated 2026-08-03 - Service · Technical Analysis · 5 min read
OSINT investigations
Comprehensive open-source intelligence investigations using publicly available data sources. Collection and analysis of digital footprints, identities, online activities, corporate records, domain ownership, social media, archived content, and publicly accessible databases to support investigations and evidence gathering.
Updated 2026-07-30 - Service · Technical Analysis · 5 min read
Infrastructure mapping
Identification and mapping of digital infrastructure including domains, subdomains, IP addresses, hosting providers, DNS records, SSL certificates, exposed services, cloud resources and related technical assets to understand an organization's online presence.
Updated 2026-07-30
Frequently asked questions
- What is included in a financial crime case file?
- A chronology of the solicitation and payments, the documentary and communication record, the reconstructed payment chain, identified corporate and infrastructure entities, and a statement of methodology and evidentiary limits. The file is structured so counsel or an authority can act on it directly.
- Does SEQRIA represent affected parties before authorities?
- SEQRIA produces investigative and documentary work product. Legal representation is provided by instructed counsel; the case file is prepared to be usable by them without rework.
- Are outcomes guaranteed once a file is submitted?
- No. Whether an authority opens or advances a matter is a discretionary institutional decision. Documentation quality improves the prospect of the matter being reviewed on its merits; it does not determine the outcome.
Continue across the Intelligence Center
- Blockchain IntelligenceOn-chain tracing, wallet attribution, exchange intelligence and cross-chain analysis material.
- ResearchTechnical publications on investigative technique, on-chain behaviour and evidentiary standards.
- Digital ForensicsEvidence preservation, metadata analysis, artefact examination and chain-of-custody standards.
- Case StudiesAnonymised records of completed investigations and the methodology applied to each.
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