Blockchain Investigator Financial Crimes
Crypto.com · Chicago, IL / New York / San Francisco / California ·
- Work mode
- Remote
- Category
- Blockchain
- Experience
- 3+ years
You will conduct complex on-chain investigations, trace illicit funds, identify financial-crime risks, and prepare suspicious activity reports. You will support transaction-monitoring and interdiction controls, advise regional compliance officers, liaise with law enforcement, review digital-asset risks, and train colleagues on investigative techniques and emerging threats.
Responsibilities
- Identify exposure to illicit typologies and evaluate threat-intelligence referrals
- Document illicit networks and trace funds using blockchain analytics tools
- Provide investigative support and insights to global MLROs
- Evaluate wallet addresses and maintain interdiction controls
- Review transaction-monitoring controls and rules
- Review digital asset listings for potential risks
- Liaise with law enforcement and support regulatory frameworks
- Train Financial Crimes team members on blockchain investigation techniques and threats
Requirements
- 3+ years of related experience in blockchain analytics, financial crimes investigations, AML compliance, or transaction monitoring
- Understanding of crypto-specific financial-crime threats, UTXO and account-based networks, scams, and cross-border fraud networks
- Expertise with on-chain forensics platforms such as Chainalysis or TRM Labs
- Familiarity with digital-asset compliance standards, the PATRIOT Act, FinCEN guidelines, and global sanctions regimes
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage changing priorities and deadlines with minimal supervision
- Experience fostering collaboration
- Professional compliance or specialized blockchain compliance certifications preferred
Benefits
- Annual leave, including birthday and work-anniversary leave
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
- Flexible work hours
- Hybrid work setup