Artefaktum contributions for EUROPOL`s IOCTA 2021
Artefaktum is thankful for having been asked for expert opinions to support Europol`s 2021 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) which is the most comprehensive overview of the up-to-date cybercrime threat landscape IOCTA provides a law enforcement-focused assessment of evolving threats and key developments in the area of cybercrime. The accelerated digitalization related to the […]
Investigation and seizure of digital currency in criminal cases.
In this article we want to analyze the international and national legal regulation of the digital currencies circulation at the present stage, to assess the state of crime with the illegal use of these assets, to identify the features of the investigating such crimes and to substantiate proposals aimed at improving legislation and law enforcement […]
What is a Boiler Room?
Boiler room scams can be incredibly convincing and meticulously pulled off. There are reports of incidents where people have lost their life savings to a boiler room scam and were unable to recover these funds. In this guide, we explain exactly what boiler room fraud is and ten common signs of boiler room scams.
Big money on the move
Rule Number one: Follow the money trails.
How to find the owner and administrator of a Telegram channel
Next to Hate-Speech and Scam investigations, it came to attention, that malware authors can be increasingly seen using Telegram-based tactics to enhance their malware capabilities. Thise leads to the necessity of finding ways how to track back the owner and admin of a Telegram channel.
Game-changing: interim judgment entered against unknown Person
Cryptocurrency fraud: interim judgement entered against persons unknown in British High Court
How to breakdown Chines Company Names
Chinese company names and ID numbers contain a wealth of useful information on the companies and individuals they describe. Learn how to use them.
Even we have a sense of humor
People tend to believe, that investigators and fraud experts tend to have no sense of humor at all. Well, this is not true, here is the proof
List of Financial regulators
List of Financial regulators Afghanistan Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) Banking [1] Albania Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) [2] Algeria Commission d’Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse (COSOB) [3] Andorra Institut Nacional Andorrà de Finances (INAF) [4] Anguilla Anguilla Financial Services Commission [5] Antigua & Barbuda Financial Services Regulatory Commission [6] Argentina Comisión Nacional […]
What to do, when you have been scammed in the UK
Assumed you got scammed by a Broker called Fraudio Ltd. in London. You have been trading and invested about Euro / GBP 25,000 with them for three months and then suddenly on 7 July, they shut down their website. You could not email them or call them. In this article we will look into the […]
