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Case Files reconstruct one event from the record; Explainers take one mechanism; Regulation decoded reads one regulatory text at source; Red flags one signal and what a desk would check first; Fast Takes one fresh fact. Each lists the sources it rests on.
Case Files
Explainers
Explainer 002 · 14 Oct 2026Trust, sold to scammersDOJ alleges vendors offered scam operators scam sites, laundering and the recruiting of trafficking victims on one Telegram market. The market, DOJ says, held the payment until the job was done. On 9 Sep OFAC designated it: Xinbi Guarantee. DOJ announced it had seized its channels.
Explainer 001 · 4 Oct 2026Stolen funds need an exitNEAR Intents says it blocked more than $50M of attempted transfers tied to the Bitget hack ($388M by Bitget's count). By its own account, those transfers then went to other providers. As NEAR Intents uses the word, blocked is not frozen.
Regulation decoded
Red flags
Red flag 002 · 9 Oct 2026Structuring under thresholdsSeveral transfers, each just under a reporting threshold, that clear it together. FATF lists this structuring among its virtual-asset red flags. We read the FATF list and MASAK's rules for Turkish platforms: the flag is a reason to look, not a verdict.
Red flag 001 · 5 Oct 2026DeFi in, fiat outA customer receives stablecoins from a DeFi protocol that runs no AML checks, sells them and withdraws fiat. FinCEN lists this among its scam-center laundering red flags. We read the alert: the flag is a reason to look, not a verdict.


