Crypto AML Case Studies
Understanding Financial Crime Risks Across the Cryptoasset Ecosystem
This course provides a comprehensive overview of risks in key crypto products and services – including exchanges, wallets, DeFi protocols, smart contracts, and cryptocurrency ATMs. It will also look at how new technologies and blockchain activity make it harder for traditional compliance systems to keep up.
Crypto AML Case Studies Course Content
Through in-depth case studies, applied activities, and real-world enforcement actions, this course examines financial crime risks across the cryptoasset ecosystem – from exchanges, wallets, and VASPs to DeFi protocols, on-chain activity, and emerging blockchain technologies. Participants will analyze money laundering, fraud, and sanctions risks in both centralized and decentralized models, assess on-chain red flags, like mixer and tumbler activity, and evaluate the compliance challenges posed by smart contracts, gaming tokens, and cryptocurrency ATMs. This course equips AFC professionals with clear, usable guidance to strengthen crypto AML programs and respond effectively to evolving regulatory expectations.
Included as an elective in the CAMS exam package, this certificate course is also available for standalone purchase for learners not pursuing the CAMS Certification.
You’ll learn to
- Understand the crypto ecosystem, regulatory landscape, and key financial crime risks across crypto products and services
- Analyze AML and sanctions risks using real-world enforcement actions across centralized and decentralized models
- Identify illicit activity and red flags in crypto transactions, including fraud, privacy-enhancing tools, nested activity, and sanctions exposure
- Assess on-chain behavior, crypto technologies, and business models to determine appropriate compliance and risk mitigation responses
Key course topics
- How VASPs operate – and how criminals exploit their products
- Where money laundering and fraud risks surface in centralized crypto environments
- How sanctioned activity appears on-chain – and how to spot red flags
- How to analyze and manage risk in decentralized finance models
- How emerging blockchain technologies introduce new AFC vulnerabilities
Intended audience
Designed for AFC professionals responsible for identifying and managing crypto‑related financial crime risks.
Ideal for:
- AML/AFC investigators and compliance teams working with crypto and digital assets
- Auditors, examiners, and law enforcement
- Crypto regulators and supervisors
Course structure
- Online and self-paced
- 90 minutes of coursework
- Complete within four weeks
- Certificate of achievement upon completion of the course
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Pricing
- Access your self-paced online course
- 400 hours of training webinars live and on demand
- Practitioner toolkits and best practice guides
- Perspectives from 115,000+ global members
- Discounts on all ACAMS products