Former DEA Agent Illustrates Usefulness Of Blockchain While Investigating Criminal Activity
The eighth installment of CoinGeek Conference recently held in New York on October 5 to 7, 2021 has brought to the attention of audiences worldwide the importance of blockchain forensic tools in promoting regulatory compliance and preventing virtual asset providers from being involved with dirty money. Director of Government & Strategic Affairs at Blockchain Intelligence Group William Callahan, who has also served over two decades as a Special Agent at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has spoken in detail about these tools on Day 1 of CoinGeek Conference. What used to be done in the early days of cryptocurrency investigations by hand, excelspreadsheets was very time-consuming. I love it when I have a law-enforcement officer come to me and say, ‘What took me three or four weeks, I did it in two or three minutes with your tool.’ That’s rewarding because that’s more time spending chasing the bad guy who’s taking advantage of your platform,” Callahan said while explaining the
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