Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin discuss the tools they use to investigate various frauds and scams.

Cas Piancey and @bennettftomlin discuss the tools they use to investigate various frauds and scams. This video was recorded on July 11th and 16th, 2024. Read more: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2024/07/17/episode-155-how-to-investigate-a-fraud/ Additional episodes mentioned in this episode: Playlist of videos about Bitfinex and Tether https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4_8M4221Zu3q2__MKsZk9OihtMQTjunB Episode 127 - Let's talk about Number Go Up with Zeke Faux https://youtu.be/IlktWD9NNpE Episode 56 – This Man Murders Scams (Feat. ZachXBT) https://youtu.be/A2D9bbvf9X8 Episode 100 – A Skeptic’s Guide to Skepticism https://youtu.be/pkQ9an-ZxB8 Additional resources: Protos coverage of Cryptocurrency Association https://protos.com/scoop-california-law-allows-scammer-to-add-six-tether-execs-to-startup/ Other places to find Crypto Critics' Corner Website: https://cryptocriticscorner.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/mFGxZMJCVf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cryptocriticscorner.com Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@CryptoCriticPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoCriticPod Instagram: https://instagram.com/cryptocriticpod TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdPN2hK9/ Bennett's YouTube: @bennettftomlin Bennett's D&D YouTube: @BTDND Bennett's BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bft.wtf Cas' BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/caspiancey.bsky.social Bennett's Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@bennetttomlin Bennett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BennettTomlin Cas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/CasPiancey Bennett's Newsletter: https://TheFUDLetter.com/ Cas' Blog: https://thecaspiancey.medium.com/ Bennett's Blog: https://bennettftomlin.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 1:19 Website 2:48 OpenCorporates 5:30 Corporate Registers 6:55 Due Diligence into Cryptocurrency Association 20:38 Companies House and Corporate Registers 27:15 EDGAR 29:08 FinCEN MSB Search 30:40 Crunchbase 34:35 RECAP and PACER 38:00 The New York Times 40:33 Wayback Machine 42:32 BuiltWith 45:00 EtherScan and Blockchain Explorers 46:54 BreadCrumbs 48:45 Conclusion #crypto #cryptocurrency #podcast #podcasts #listenable #fraud #scam #investigation

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