Investigate transaction monitoring alerts and AML risks across customer and merchant activity, making documented, risk-based decisions and supporting KYC reviews when needed.
Blockchain Investigator, Financial Crimes, Malta
📜 Description
- Identify exposure to illicit typologies, including sanctions evasion, money laundering, and scams, and assess external threat intelligence.
- Map illicit networks and trace funds across blockchain networks using analytics tools.
- Support global MLROs with investigations and insights to help complete cases.
- Assess suspected wallet addresses and maintain interdiction controls, including data-driven blacklisting decisions.
- Review transaction-monitoring controls and digital asset listings for accuracy and risk.
- Support law enforcement and regulatory initiatives, and train Financial Crimes colleagues on investigative techniques and emerging threats.
🛠️ Requirements
- 3+ years related experience in Blockchain Analytics, Financial Crimes Investigations, AML Compliance, Transaction Monitoring, etc.
- Strong understanding of crypto-specific financial crime threats, including familiarity with movement of funds on UTXO and account-based networks, job/investment scams, and cross-border fraud networks.
- Proven expertise utilizing on-chain forensics platforms and tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs). Chainalysis, TRM Labs, and/or Elliptic certifications preferred.
- Working familiarity with digital asset compliance standards and regulations, including the PATRIOT ACT and FinCEN 311/314(b) guidelines and global sanctions regimes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex crypto and compliance issues for both technical and non-technical audiences.
✨ Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Attractive annual leave entitlement including: birthday, work anniversary
- Work Flexibility Adoption. Flexi-work hour and hybrid set-up
- Aspire career alternatives through us. Our internal mobility program can offer employees a diverse scope.
- Work Perks: crypto.com visa card provided upon joining
- Our Crypto.com benefits packages vary depending on region requirements, you can learn more from our talent acquisition team.
- Personal data provided by applicants will be used for recruitment purposes only.
- Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Full job description
Our Financial Crimes Compliance team is responsible for ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations in the countries where we operate.
Crypto.com is seeking an experienced and well-versed blockchain expert to join our Financial Crimes team as a Blockchain Investigator. This role will assist the Head of Investigations and the VP of Compliance by levering timely and accurate information derived from complex blockchain-driven investigations to update controls and mitigate risks. The successful candidate will utilize blockchain expertise to update and maintain internal controls, provide ad-hoc investigative support to global MLROs, conduct OSINT checks, develop presentation decks, and provide other insights as needed to support the regional MLROs and the US BSA Officer as needed.
About the Role
The Blockchain Investigator, Financial Crimes role will be hybrid if in one of our hub-cities or remote and report to the VP of Compliance.
This role focuses on executing advanced and specialized on-chain investigations, mitigating regulatory risk, and preparing SAR filings to identify, report and prevent financial crimes within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. As a core member of the compliance organization, this investigator will leverage blockchain analytics and threat intelligence to identify, assess, and disrupt sophisticated illicit network typologies and support global MLRO teams with an emphasis on North America clients (US & Canada).
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
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