Cryptocurrency Investigations Training
6 Modules
The training consists of 6 modules, including videos, reading materials and tests.
2 Hours 3 Minutes
The training is 2 Hours 3 Minutes in total. You can learn at your own pace
Certificate
Complete the training successfully to get a certificate
$49.99
Who this training is for
Who it’s for
AML analysts, compliance staff, investigators, transaction monitoring teams
Requirements
No advanced technical blockchain experience is required. Learners should have a basic understanding of AML/ATF concepts, client due diligence, suspicious transaction reporting, and transaction monitoring before taking this training.
What you’ll learn
Understand how virtual currency activity can create AML/ATF risk and why crypto investigations require both blockchain data and client context.
Identify the difference between on-chain information, such as wallet addresses and transaction hashes, and off-chain information, such as KYC records, client explanations, and account history.
Identify the difference between on-chain information, such as wallet addresses and transaction hashes, and off-chain information, such as KYC records, client explanations, and account history.
Recognize crypto-related red flags and typologies, including rapid movement, layering, mixers, bridges, privacy coins, scams, ransomware, darknet exposure, and sanctions-related concerns.
Recognize crypto-related red flags and typologies, including rapid movement, layering, mixers, bridges, privacy coins, scams, ransomware, darknet exposure, and sanctions-related concerns.
Support escalation, STR narrative development, reporting consideration, and quality review by preparing clear, evidence-based investigation files that are accurate, complete, and defensible.
Syllabus
This training introduces learners to the fundamentals of crypto investigations in an AML/ATF context. Learners will examine how virtual currency transactions work, how wallet activity can be reviewed, how blockchain activity may support investigations, and how crypto-related red flags can be assessed alongside client information, transaction records, and reporting obligations. The course focuses on practical investigation steps, clear documentation, escalation, and suspicious transaction reporting in a Canadian compliance environment.
This training is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Crypto regulation, reporting expectations, sanctions rules, and FINTRAC guidance can change. Any legal-sensitive content, including thresholds, timelines, reportability, travel rule expectations, sanctions-evasion reporting, listed person or entity property reporting, and recordkeeping requirements, should be validated against current FINTRAC guidance before publication.
Foundations of Crypto Investigations
Module 1 14 minutes to complete
What Crypto Investigations Are
Reading 3 mins
Virtual Currency and AML/ATF Risk
Reading 3 mins
Public Blockchain Activity vs Client Information
Reading 2 mins
Investigation Mindset and Limits
Reading 2 mins
Wallets, Transactions, and Blockchain Evidence
Module 2 15 minutes to complete
Wallets, Addresses, and Private Control
Reading 3 mins
Transaction Hashes and Blockchain Explorers
Reading 3 mins
Clustering, Attribution, and Risk Tags
Reading 2 mins
Evidence Limits and Documentation
Reading 3 mins
Crypto Red Flags and Typologies
Module 3 18 minutes to complete
Unusual Transaction Patterns
Reading 3 mins
Mixers, Bridges, Privacy Coins, and Obfuscation
Reading 4 mins
Scams, Ransomware, and Victim-Linked Activity
Reading 3 mins
Sanctions, Darknet, and High-Risk Exposure
Reading 4 mins
Investigation Workflow and Case Development
Module 4 14 minutes to complete
Alert Intake and Scope
Reading 2 mins
Evidence Gathering
Reading 3 mins
Client Explanation and Context Review
Reading 2 mins
Decisioning and Case Outcome
Reading 3 mins
Escalation, Reporting, and STR Narratives
Module 5 19 minutes to complete
Escalation Triggers
Reading 3 mins
STR Threshold, Sanctions Evasion, and No Tipping Off
Reading 4 mins
Writing Crypto-Related STR Narratives
Reading 4 mins
LVCTR, Travel Rule, and Related Obligations
Reading 4 mins
Quality Review and Investigation Package Completion
Module 6 13 minutes to complete
Quality Review Standards
Reading 2 mins
Common Investigation Weaknesses
Reading 2 mins
Final Case Package
Reading 3 mins
Continuous Improvement and Feedback
Reading 2 mins
