The Cryptocurrency and Dgtl Asset Fraud Casbook, Volume III: Exchange Hacks, Deepfakes, Social Media, and Artificial Intelligence Scams

Cryptocurrencies and dgtl assets have continued to gain widespread acceptance from both retail and institutional investors. Alongside this rapid growth, the dgtl ecosystem remains plagued by bad actors who prey on the space. These range from state-sponsored North Korean hacker groups, Russian ransomware gangs, multinational organized criminal enterprises to lower-level Chinese gangsters and run of the mill romance scammers. These criminals indiscriminately target victims across all demographics. Furthermore, cryptocurrency-related scams continue to present increasingly significant threats to institutions and national security.Since the publication of The Cryptocurrency and Dgtl Asset Fraud Casbook volumes I and II, scammers have only intensified the sophistication and scope of their attacks. This evolving threat landscape, coupled with a rapidly changing regulatory environment, underscores the ongoing need for up-to-date information and analysis. The Cryptocurrency and Dgtl Asset Fraud Casbook, Volume III: Exchange Hacks, Deepfakes, Social Media, and Artificial Intelligence Scams is essential reading for anyone seeking the latest insights into fraudulent activity within the cryptocurrency and dgtl asset space.

About the Author

Jason Scharfman is the Managing Partner of Corgentum Consulting, a specialist consulting firm that performs compliance consulting, due diligence reviews, and investigations of cryptocurrency projects, dgtl assets, and fund managers of all types, including cryptocurrency hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital. Mr. Scharfman has previous experience advising regulators and government institutions, as well as working on behalf of institutional investors and venture capital firms. He is recognized as one of the leading experts in the fields of dgtl asset and cryptocurrency compliance, fund operations, and due diligence.  This third volume offers an in-depth examination of deepfake scams, advanced wallet phishing and spoofing techniques, SIM swap attacks, artificial intelligence focused scams, and social engineering attacks. It includes up-to-date examinations of recent cases in decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks, smart contract attacks, rug pulls, dApp scams, honeypots, and meme coins. It analyzes the scams facilitated by social media and communication platforms such as TikTok, Facbook, Twitch, X (formerly Twitter), Discord and Telegram while also examining the historical and recent centralized exchange (CEX) and decentralized exchange (DEX) hacks and attack patterns. Leveraging the author’s experience analyzing and implementing compliance and operations best practices with a variety of cryptocurrency and dgtl asset projects and consulting with international regulators on blockchain and dgtl asset policy, this book will be of interest to those working throughout the cryptocurrency and dgtl asset space including lawyers, auditors, regulators, governments, retail investors, and institutional investors.