Virtual Currency and Cryptocurrency Presentation Landing Page
by John Bandler
This virtual currency presentation landing page is a clean[ish] compilation of various links and references that I refer to when speaking on virtual currency, cryptocurrency, and money laundering.
After you review the below links, take a look at my main article on virtual currency, which also includes many of the below references and links.
Legal references and links
- 31 CFR § 1010.100 (m) Currency defined, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/1010.100
- NYS PL § 470.00 et seq., Money Laundering, https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-470-00.html
- 18 USC § 1956 Laundering of Monetary Instruments, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1956
- NYS Banking Law § 650, Unlicensed Money Transmitter, https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/banking-law/bnk-sect-650.html
- 18 USC § 1960 Unlicensed Money Transmitting, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1960
- 23 NYCRR 200, NYS Department of Financial Services Rule 200 on Virtual Currencies, https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-york/title-23/chapter-I/part-200
- Even more links and citations at the bottom of my main article on virtual currency.
Articles and books
- John Bandler, Stemming the Flow of Cybercrime Payments and Money Laundering, ACAMS Today (June-August 2017) https://www.acamstoday.org/stemming-the-flow-of-cybercrime-payments/
- John Bandler, Lawyers, Drugs and Money: AML in Popular Media, by John Bandler, ACAMS Today (March 2018) https://www.acamstoday.org/lawyers-drugs-and-money-aml-in-popular-media/
- John Bandler, Virtual Currency (including digital currency, cryptocurrency, virtual assets, and "value that substitutes for currency") https://johnbandler.com/virtual-currency-virtual-assets-cryptocurrency/
- John Bandler, Money Laundering Investigations, within Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management, 2018, Shapiro L., Maras MH. (eds), Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_26-1
- John Bandler & Antonia Merzon, Cybercrime Investigations: A Comprehensive Resource for Everyone (CRC Press, 2020).
- Cybercrime Investigations book overview page: https://johnbandler.com/cybercrime-investigations/
- John Bandler and Antonia Merzon, A Call for Better Cybercrime Investigation, ACAMS Today (March 2020) https://www.acamstoday.org/a-call-for-better-cybercrime-investigation/
- Antonia Merzon and John Bandler, The Need for Improved Cybercrime Investigations: Why We Wrote This Book (June 19, 2020) https://www.routledge.com/blog/article/the-need-for-improved-cybercrime-investigations-why-we-wrote-this-book
- Kim Zetter, Ukrainian Carder in $5 Million Ring Sentenced to 14-Plus Years in Prison, Wired (August 8, 2013) https://www.wired.com/2013/08/carder-eskalibur-sentenced/ (Article about the Western Express cybercrime investigation and prosecution, a case mentioned throughout book).
- Even more links and citations at the bottom of my main article on virtual currency.
YouTube videos on money laundering
Fun YouTube videos, excerpted from some really good TV. Watch the clip, then you may decide to watch more. Consider how the typologies for virtual currency and cybercrime money laundering will differ from cash money laundering depicted in these videos.
- Breaking Bad, a criminal defense attorney (who is also a criminal) explains money laundering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez6xH-su2xI
- YouTube title: Breaking Bad, Saul explains money laundering – subtitle
- Breaking Bad, Season 3, Episode 9, “Kafkaesque,” High Bridge Entertainment/Grand Via Productions/Sony Pictures Television, 2010.
- Breaking Bad, money laundering wife explains to husband the difficulties laundering all their dirty cash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXH6fhueO3I
- YouTube title: Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season - How Much Is Enough?.
- Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 8, "Gliding Over All”, High Bridge/Sony Pictures.
- The Wire, Baltimore detectives follow the money trail to see who is really profiting from street drug dealing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShWe-4mtV8w
- YouTube title: The Wire - Chasing the Paper Trail
- The Wire, Season 1, Episode 9, “Game Day,” Blown Deadline Productions/HBO, 2002.
- Scarface, a ridiculous 80’s music video montage that shows laundering of cash criminal proceeds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olgn9sXNdl0
- YouTube title: Scarface | Push It to the Limit
- Scarface, Universal Pictures, 1983.
- Ozark Official Season 1 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hAXVqrljbs
- I need to mention Ozark, but should mention that I lost interest sometime after Season 1
- YouTube title: Ozark | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix
- Global Witness, Undercover in New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC2DDNLvFg8
Also worth a watch or read on cryptocurrency, NFTs, etc.
- Dan Olson, Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs, Jan 21, 2022, Folding Ideas channel via YouTube, https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g
- James Mickens, Blockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens), HBS Digital Initiative channel via YouTube, https://youtu.be/15RTC22Z2xI
- Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany, Crypto Industry Helps Write, and Pass, Its Own Agenda in State Capitols, New York Times, April 10, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/politics/crypto-industry-states-legislation.html
- Farhad Manjoo, What Is Happening to the People Falling for Crypto and NFTs, New York Times, May 5, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/opinion/crypto-nfts-web3.html
- Paul Krugman, How Crypto Became the New Subprime, New York Times, Jan 27, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/opinion/cryptocurrency-subprime-vulnerable.html
- David Yaffe-Bellany, Millions for Crypto Start-Ups, No Real Names Necessary, New York Times,March 2, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/technology/cryptocurrency-anonymity-alarm.html
Yes, all the above are critical of the recent hype on cryptocurrency and NFT's.
More references and additional reading on this site
- Virtual Currency (including cryptocurrency, virtual assets, etc.) (includes more links)
- Cybercrime Investigation
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Page created 3/24/2022. Updated 5/9/2022.