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Financial Crime Matters: Author Discusses Crypto, Pig Butchering Scams
January 17, 2024
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Zeke Faux, an investigative reporter for Bloomberg and author of "Number Go Up," talks with Kieran Beer of ACAMS moneylaundering.com about cryptocurrency's links to crime, particularly in Southeast Asia. Faux also discusses his trip to Cambodia, where he investigated a "pig butchering" operation run from a hotel, and his recent interview with convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.
Listen to the podcast here.
Find Kieran on Twitter @kieranbeer and on LinkedIn.
- Topics: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Finance of Terrorism, Crypto, Fraud, Technology
- Document Date: January 17, 2024
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