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Real cases from the Brooklyn desk: how each scam unfolded, and what we were able to trace back.
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FIELD NOTES
Notes from the desk.
Working notes from the Cryptosenti research desk: trends, methodology essays, anonymized case retros, and the occasional Brooklyn dispatch.
Cryptosenti Watchlist: XTCQT
A review of XTCQT places it squarely in scam-broker territory. The tells are the ones we see again and again in crypto-investment fraud.SIGNAL SHEETOperator: XTCQTFlagged by: IOSCO…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: Abanto Solutions (Imposter)
Abanto Solutions (Imposter) surfaced on our watchlist through a mix of investor reports and regulator signals. On the evidence we hold, it behaves like a scam platform engineered t…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: Pinecrest Corporation
Pinecrest Corporation surfaced on our watchlist through a mix of investor reports and regulator signals. On the evidence we hold, it behaves like a scam platform engineered to take…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: Gold Heritage
Our signal desk has flagged Gold Heritage after cross-checking chain activity, marketing patterns and public warnings. The picture that emerges is consistent with a fraudulent trad…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: Morgan Stanley UK Ltd (clone of FCA authorised firm)
Morgan Stanley UK Ltd (clone of FCA authorised firm) is on the Cryptosenti watchlist. What we listen for on the chain and hear from victims lines up: this looks like a platform bui…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: contact@mjmconseil.fr
Intelligence gathered on contact@mjmconseil.fr points to a high-risk operation. The name appears alongside classic fraud markers, and the money trail rarely leads anywhere a victim…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: BTCC-FX
We opened a file on BTCC-FX after the same red flags kept repeating: unrealistic returns, pressure to deposit more, and withdrawals that never clear. This is the signature of an in…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: HHLR Advisors
HHLR Advisors reached our desk through victim intake and open warning lists. Read the signals together and it reads as a fake trading platform, not a regulated firm. SIGNAL SHEET O…
Read the file →Cryptosenti Watchlist: Ip T
When we trace the signals around Ip T, the noise resolves into a familiar pattern of deposit-and-stall fraud. We are documenting it here so people can recognise it before they send…
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