2013/10/09 by Jean-Loup Richet, Richet, Jean-Loup · 1 voice
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1310.2368
Money laundering is a critical step in the cyber crime process which is experiencing some changes as hackers and their criminal colleagues continually alter and optimize payment mechanisms. Conducting quantitative research on underground laundering activity poses an inherent challenge: Bad guys and their banks do not share information on criminal pursuits. However, by analyzing forums, we have identified two growth areas in money laundering: online gaming and micro laundering.