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Learn to Investigate Cryptocurrency Related Financial Crimes, Trace Cryptocurrency Transactions, and Document Cryptocurrency in Reports

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Begin Cryptocurrency Related Financial Crime Investigations and Move Them Forward with Confidence

My name is Larry Nielsen. I am an active law enforcement Detective in South Florida USA. I have over 17 years of experience in law enforcement and over 7 years of experience as a Financial Crimes Detective. I am also a cryptocurrency investor and and NFT creator and collector. I enjoy tracing cryptocurrency and non-fungible token transactions across the blockchain!

With the rise in popularity of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs also comes the increase in related crimes and the urgent need to know how to investigate them. The objective of this online/on-demand course is to provide you with solid foundation and practical, usable investigative techniques that you can benefit from daily.

I created my flagship course, Blockchain Basics + Cryptocurrency & Non-Fungible Token Transaction Tracing for Investigators aka the Crypto Course for Cops, and have been teaching an in-person version since the beginning of 2022 in the USA and have now transitioned it to an online/on-demand format to be able to reach more investigators. I have added so much more value to this online/on-demand version and it is now open for registration!

This course starts by teaching you the basics about crypto and blockchain, walking you through investigative considerations, and progresses to YOU tracing cryptocurrency transactions and a non-fungible token transaction across the blockchain!

Course flyer available at: fintechfocus.io/training

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In the online/on-demand flagship course,

you will be empowered with the skills and knowledge to properly begin cryptocurrency related investigations and move them forward with confidence. 

You will learn about trending cryptocurrency related crimes effecting residents of your local areas, how these crimes work and how to investigate and document them.

You will learn must-know cryptocurrency related terminology.

You will learn the important information to collect at the very beginning of your investigation. 

You will learn cryptocurrency subpoena and search/seizure warrant basics plus other investigative considerations for centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, bitcoin ATM companies, and non-custodial wallets/wallet addresses. 

You will complete multiple Practical Application Exercises where you will use free and open-source tools and learn how they can help you in your day-to-day investigations.

In this course you will not only learn how to do it, you will trace cryptocurrency transactions across six (6) different blockchains using seven (7) different free and open-source blockchain explorers.

You will trace cryptocurrency through decentralized exchanges (DEX) meaning you will trace through a swap from one cryptocurrency to another and keep going.

You will trace a stolen Non-Fungible Token (NFT) across the Ethereum blockchain using free open source methods and unmask a non-custodial wallet address owner.

You will also work through lessons learning how to properly document the transaction tracing that you complete for each transaction tracing exercise.

These are all essential skills that YOU NEED in your investigative tool box!

Plus more.

This course can be your foundation.

This is your cornerstone.

You CAN investigative cryptocurrency related financial crimes.

Start today.

Course flyer available at: fintechfocus.io/training

Below is a video snippet of transaction tracing that YOU WILL DO in my flagship course. This is ONE of the ELEVEN different transaction tracing exercises that you will work through across SIX different blockchains using SEVEN different free and open-source blockchain explorers.

 

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Testimonial from a Detective who attended my in-person version of this course in Salt Lake City, UT:

"I attended Larry Nielsen’s FinTech Crypto Tracing course in March 2023. Since learning the basics of crypto tracing from his class, I have had much success tracing and seizing crypto funds.

In the past few months, I have seized about $50,000 USD in crypto from all over the world. I’ve also created crypto investigations policy and a government-controlled wallet account for our Department with information obtained from Larry’s course.

I highly recommend this course for any investigator looking to expand their financial cases into cryptocurrency."

About my new focused breakout course; Tracing Ethereum/ERC20 Tokens Through a DEX to a CEX


Please read below and then REGISTER TO GET FULL ACCESS AND GAIN AN IMPORTANT NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY TRACING SKILL.

You've made a great choice making your way to this page!

This is the registration/purchase page for my specialized online/on-demand training course, Tracing Ethereum / ERC20 Tokens Through a Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (DEX) to a Centralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (CEX).

In this course, you will learn and actually practice a skill that few people possess.

In many cases, bad guys will steal cryptocurrency or scam the victims out of it, move it to a non-custodial wallet address and then swap it via a Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (DEX) before moving it on from there. Even the investigators who have a basic understanding of cryptocurrency transaction tracing, often find themselves stuck when they see the cryptocurrency is sent through a Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (DEX). Even when using some paid advanced blockchain analytics software, when tracing shows the use of a DEX, there are many times that investigators would need to know how to jump back into manual open-source tracing in order to continue.

Well, in this course, I am going to empower you with the knowledge, experience, and ability to keep tracing even when you see the use of a DEX.


This course content is also included in my FLAGSHIP course; Blockchain Basics + Cryptocurrency/Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Transaction Tracing for Investigators.

The course you are about to register for is shorter and focused on the specialized topic (pulled from my flagship course) of tracing through a Decentralized Exchange in the Ethereum blockchain. I found that a lot of people were interested in this specific topic so I created this break-out course to address it specifically. After taking this course, you will be offered an Alumni discount on the full course should you wish to take that as well.


In this specialized focused online/on-demand training course, you will trace stolen cryptocurrency and ERC-20 tokens across the Ethereum blockchain through non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets, through Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchanges (DEX) where the bad guy swaps them either from ERC20 tokens to Ethereum or from Ethereum (ETH) to an ERC20 Token and then through non-custodial wallet addresses and ultimately to a Centralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (CEX).

Both tracing exercises have detailed written walkthroughs with screenshots plus video walk throughs so you will understand what you are doing and why you are doing it.

After each tracing exercise, there is an accompanying lesson where you will learn how to document the tracing that you just completed.

You will also get a BONUS lesson teaching you how to use a powerful free tool inside of the open-source blockchain explorer that you will already be using to trace in this course.

The course also covers some of the basics of cryptocurrency and blockchain plus important relevant vocabulary.

SPOILER ALERT: This course is not all inclusive. You will learn a new and very valuable skill here. However, once you begin your cryptocurrency transaction tracing journey you will encounter things not covered in this course. That's how the cryptocurrency space is. Beware of anyone who sells a course with the promise of it being "the only course you need" because that just isn't true.

Once you get this specialized foundational knowledge and experience, however, it will make understanding other tracing situations that you encounter much easier.

Once you register and pay for this course you will have full access for 30 days. You will complete the course quicker than that but I want you to be able to go back over it more than once if you would like to get more practice.

After completion, your certificate of completion will be auto generated using the name that you registered with so make sure it's the name that you want on the certificate. The certificate will then be emailed to the email address that you registered with.

Most importantly, once you gain these skills and get this experience, no one can take it away from you.

You can keep building from there.

Are you ready to get started?

Register now and get full access.

You got this!

(Price is introductory and subject to change.)

Get full access to this focused breakout course for only $149 for a limited time; Tracing Ethereum/ERC20 Tokens Through a DEX to a CEX today!

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About my new focused breakout course;

Tracing Tether (USDT) from Pig Butchering / Completing a Cryptocurrency Transaction Tracing Log (CTTL)


Please read below and then REGISTER TO GET FULL ACCESS AND GAIN AN IMPORTANT NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY TRACING SKILL.

You've made a great choice making your way to this page!

This is the registration/purchase page for my specialized online/on-demand training course, Tracing Ethereum / ERC20 Tokens Through a Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (DEX) to a Centralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (CEX).

In this course, you will learn and actually practice a skill that few people possess.

Pig Butchering is a world wide scourge. This is a vicious financial crime that drains bank accounts, life savings, and even causes victims to get second mortgages on their homes or empty out their retirement accounts or children’s college savings accounts to further the scam. Generational wealth vanishes because of these scams leaving victims with nothing or, worse yet, mountains of debt and emotional damage.

A Pig Butchering Scam can take place over a period of months or in extreme cases a year or more.

Did you know? When it comes to the transfer of the scammed cryptocurrency from the victim to the suspect, the scammed crypto still moves across the blockchain the same way no matter what type of scam is happening? That includes Pig Butchering and you will see that in this course.

The thing with a long-con like Pig Butchering is that over that period of months or more than a year there are many transfers. As far as tracing transactions goes, you need to take them one at a time.

Another key component is that you need to document the tracing in an efficient way that will keep it easy to read, organized, and manageable. That’s where my custom made Cryptocurrency Transaction Tracing Log (CTTL) comes in. This is a custom spreadsheet that I created in Microsoft Excell. This spreadsheet in Excell forma  is also compatible with Google Sheets. You will download and use it in this course.


This course content is also included in my FLAGSHIP course; Blockchain Basics + Cryptocurrency/Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Transaction Tracing for Investigators.

The course you are about to register for is shorter and focused on the specialized topic (pulled from my flagship course) of tracing through a Decentralized Exchange in the Ethereum blockchain. I found that a lot of people were interested in this specific topic so I created this break-out course to address it specifically. After taking this course, you will be offered an Alumni discount on the full course should you wish to take that as well.


In this course, you will be tracing scammed Tether from one of many transfers from victim to scammer across the Ethereum blockchain ultimately going to a Centralized Cryptocurrency Exchange (CEX). Next, you will document that tracing in both written format and using my custom made CTTL.

This course shows you that you don’t always need access to paid advanced blockchain analytics to trace crypto transaction even from a crime as seemingly complex as Pig Butchering.

Yes, you will be using a powerful free open-source blockchain explorer for this course. Both tracing exercises have detailed written walkthroughs with screenshots plus video walk throughs so you will understand what you are doing and why you are doing it.

After the tracing exercise, there is an accompanying lesson where you will learn how to document the tracing that you just completed. In addition to the Practical Application Exercise where you will document using the CTTL.

The Practical Application Exercises have detailed written walkthroughs with screenshots plus video walk throughs so you will understand what you are doing and why you are doing it.

You will also complete a BONUS lesson teaching you how to use a powerful free tool inside of the open-source blockchain explorer that you will already be using to trace in this course.

The course also covers some of the basics of cryptocurrency and blockchain plus important relevant vocabulary.

SPOILER ALERT: This course is not all inclusive. You will learn a new and very valuable skill here. However, once you begin your cryptocurrency transaction tracing journey you will encounter things not covered in this course. That's how the cryptocurrency space is. Beware of anyone who sells a course with the promise of it being "the only course you need" because that just isn't true.

Once you get this specialized foundational knowledge and experience, however, it will make understanding other tracing situations that you encounter much easier.

Once you register and pay for this course you will have full access for 30 days. You will complete the course quicker than that but I want you to be able to go back over it more than once if you would like to get more practice.

After completion, your certificate of completion will be auto generated using the name that you registered with so make sure it's the name that you want on the certificate. The certificate will then be emailed to the email address that you registered with.

Most importantly, once you gain these skills and get this experience, no one can take it away from you.

You can keep building from there.

Are you ready to get started?

Register now and get full access.

You got this!

(Price is introductory and subject to change.)

Get full access to this focused breakout course for only $119 for a limited time; Tracing Tether (USDT) from Pig Butchering / Completing a Cryptocurrency Transaction Tracing Log (CTTL) today!

Register Now

Testimonial from a Detective Sergeant who attended my in-person version of my training in South Florida:

"I recently attended a block of Cryptocurrency Investigations training instructed by Larry. I’ve sat through several presentations over the years on this topic and never left feeling any more knowledgeable about the subject.

The cryptocurrency world is replete with its own language, much of which is unique to the crypto industry.

Larry has a way of explaining the terms in an understandable way that is relatable to daily life. His instruction was able to remove the veil of mystery and confusion surrounding cryptocurrency and the investigative process and left me and my team feeling more confident and capable of diving into these types of cases."

Testimonial from a recent attendee of my breakout course, Tracing Tether (USDT) from Pig Butchering / Completing a Cryptocurrency Transaction Tracing Log (CTTL):

"What a joy it has been to complete the intricate process of tracing scammed Tether (USDT) from Pig Butchering scams across the Ethereum blockchain. 

Utilizing the 𝘾𝙧𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙜 (𝘾𝙏𝙏𝙇), I navigated through non-custodial wallets to centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, unraveling the path of illicit funds. 

This course has provided me with invaluable practical sessions, guiding me step-by-step on how to meticulously document my investigation reports, ensuring every detail is captured and analyzed. Through this comprehensive training, I have developed the ability to trace, monitor, and document Ethereum-based tokens operating on the Ethereum blockchain using an open-source blockchain analytics platform. 

This specialized knowledge has not only enhanced my technical skills but also bolstered my confidence in serving our clients at ******** and ********* with efficiency and precision. The hands-on experience has been instrumental in understanding the complexities of blockchain transactions and honing my investigative techniques.

A special thanks to  Larry Nielsen BA, CFE, CRC for his instrumental role in compiling this course. His insights into tracing Tether have been crucial in my learning journey. I now possess a 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨.

As Larry always says, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘉𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺." This mantra has driven me to continually improve and strive for excellence in my professional endeavors.
"

About my new focused breakout course;

Tracing a Stolen Non-Fungible Token (NFT) / Following the Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)


Please read below and then REGISTER TO GET FULL ACCESS AND GAIN AN IMPORTANT NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY TRACING SKILL.

You've made a great choice making your way to this page!

This is the registration/purchase page for my specialized online/on-demand training course, Tracing a Stolen Non-Fungible Token (NFT) / Following the Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)

My name is Larry Nielsen. I have over 17 years experience working in law enforcement in South Florida and over 7 years of experience as a Financial Crimes Detective. I have practical experience tracing and locating stolen/scammed cryptocurrency for victims of theft/scams. I use both paid advanced blockchain analytics tools and free open-source (manual) options to do so. 

The Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency is second in market cap only to Bitcoin (BTC) and ERC20 Tokens (built on top of the Ethereum blockchain), like Tether (USDT), are some of the most widely used and most preferred by criminals. Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) is also an ERC20 token.

In this course, you will learn and actually practice valuable cryptocurrency transaction tracing and documenting skills when it comes to both non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency.

I saw 2021 as the height of the Non-Fungible token (NFT) industries rise to fame, if you will. However, they are still going strong today. So many people have so much money (cryptocurrency) wrapped up in NFTs. They purchase NFTs for many reasons. Some love the art, some for investment, and some to be a part of a group. The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) is a good example of this where owners become part of an exclusive club with meet ups and events around the world. At one point, owning a BAYC NFT was a bigger flex than owning a Lambo.

People take their NFT collections very seriously like a traditional art collector would take their traditional physical art collection. The difference is that NFTs proof of ownership is stored on the blockchain. This means that ownership can be proven the same way it can be proven for cryptocurrency. If you have access to the public/private keys, if you control the wallet address, then you control the NFTs inside of that wallet address. That’s proof of ownership. However, this also leaves NFTs vulnerable to the same attacks that remove cryptocurrency from victim’s wallet addresses. They can be stolen in the same way that cryptocurrency can.

More and more victims are reporting their NFTs being stolen through non-custodial wallet compromises. You will learn more about those compromises and how they happen in this course as well.

So how do investigators track them down? What tools can they use? Can it even be done?

Yes it can! More importantly, YOU can do it. You just need to know what you are looking at and what tools you have at your disposal.

You will trace a stolen NFT, starting on OpenSea and then jumping over to Etherscan. You will see all of the detailed information that is available and how to read, understand, and document it.

In addition, you will be tracing the proceeds from the first sale of the stolen NFT after it was stolen. This is in the form of Wrapped Ethereum (WETH).

You will even trace it through a swap (unwrapping) from Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) to Ethereum (ETH).

If you took my flagship course, or my focused breakout course on Tracing ETH/ERC20 Tokens through a DEX to a CEX, you will see how tracing through the “unwrapping” compares to tracing through a DEX. Very interesting to see when manually tracing and knowing what you are looking at like you will after you complete this course.

You will also be completing an exercise where you will unmask a the non-custodial wallet address owner who is currently holding the stolen NFT in their wallet address. You will learn about some of the intricacies of this as I understand them. Unmasking means attaching a face/name to a non-custodial wallet address. Being that non-custodial wallet address ownership is not readily identifiable and there is no one to subpoena to obtain that information, having the analytical skills to potentially make this happen is a big deal. It’s easier than you may think but you need to know where to look and you will have a strong starting point after completing this course.

That's (3) empowering exercises in one course; tracing the stolen NFT, tracing the proceeds of the sale in the form of WETH, unmasking the non-custodial wallet address owner currently holding the stolen NFT. All (3) exercises with detailed written walkthroughs with screen shots and walkthrough videos.

This course content is also included in my flagship course, Blockchain Basics + Cryptocurrency/Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Transaction Tracing for Investigators.

The course you are about to register for is shorter and focused on the specialized topic of tracing a stolen NFT, the proceeds of the first sale of that stolen NFT, and unmasking a non-custodial wallet address owner. I found that a lot of people were interested in this specific topic so I created this break-out course to address it specifically. After taking this course, you will be offered an Alumni discount on my flagship course should you wish to take that as well.

This course shows you that you don’t always need access to paid advanced blockchain analytics to trace crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) transactions. In fact, not all paid advanced blockchain analytics tools have the ability to trace non-fungible token transactions. Even though some do, to an extent, I believe that being able to do it manually is the best way. You will see how helpful this skill is after you complete this course.

Yes, you will be using a powerful free open-source blockchain explorer for this course. The Practical Application Exercises have detailed written walkthroughs with screenshots plus video walkthroughs so you will understand what you are doing and why you are doing it.

After the NFT and WETH tracing exercises, there will be accompanying lessons where you will learn how to document the tracing that you just completed. 

You will also complete a BONUS lesson teaching you how to use a powerful free tool inside of the open-source blockchain explorer that you will already be using to trace in this course.

The course also covers some of the basics of cryptocurrency and blockchain plus important relevant vocabulary.

SPOILER ALERT: This course is not all inclusive. You will learn a new and very valuable skill here. However, once you begin your cryptocurrency transaction tracing journey you will encounter things not covered in this course. That's how the cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) space is. Beware of anyone who sells a course with the promise of it being "the only course you need" because that just isn't true.

Once you get this specialized foundational knowledge and experience, however, it will make understanding other tracing situations that you encounter much easier.

Once you register and pay for this course you will have full access for 30 days. You will complete the course quicker than that but I want you to be able to go back over it more than once if you would like to get more practice.

After completion, your certificate of completion will be auto generated using the name that you registered with so make sure it's the name that you want on the certificate. The certificate will then be emailed to the email address that you registered with. The certificate will note credit for 8-hours of training.

Most importantly, once you gain these skills and get this experience, no one can take it away from you.

You can keep building from there.

Are you ready to get started?

Register now and get full access.

You got this!

(Price is introductory and subject to change.)

Get full access to this focused breakout course for only $124 for a limited time; Tracing a Stolen Non-Fungible Token (NFT) / Following the Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)!

Register Now

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