Zachary
Evans
Manager
Zachary Evans has 15 years of experience in financial crime investigations and compliance, with the last four years focusing on cryptocurrency investigations and blockchain tracing. He supports insolvencies, AML program reviews, and complex fund-flow analyses for crypto platforms and exchanges. A former fraud investigator at a global crypto company, Zachary combines financial crime and blockchain expertise to support complex crypto investigations and compliance initiatives.
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Prior to joining FRA, Zachary served as Senior Fraud Investigator within the Compliance team at Celsius Network. He led a team responsible for identifying and mitigating cryptocurrency financial crime typologies, including money laundering through the use of mixing services, darknet marketplaces, and various romance and investment scams.
Zachary also supported the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Asset Forfeiture Administrative Support Services (AFASS) contract for five years. His efforts were focused on assisting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its Criminal Investigative Division’s Money Laundering, Forfeiture, and Bank Fraud Unit (MLFBU) in their complex financial investigations. This included organizing large sets of financial records into databases to illustrate flow of funds and ultimately identify assets purchased with laundered funds to later be seized.
- Cryptocurrency Exchange: Currently supporting a multi-year US compliance monitorship of a global cryptocurrency exchange.
- Cryptocurrency Exchange: Supported the court-appointed liquidators of a bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, which included conducting a forensic lookback to identify suspicious fund flows indicating insider knowledge.
- Token Issuer: Provided forensic support to the counsel of a well-known token issuer related to the terms of a market making agreement.
Biography
Zachary Evans has 15 years of experience in financial crime investigations and compliance, with the last four years focusing on cryptocurrency investigations and blockchain tracing. He supports insolvencies, AML program reviews, and complex fund-flow analyses for crypto platforms and exchanges. A former fraud investigator at a global crypto company, Zachary combines financial crime and blockchain expertise to support complex crypto investigations and compliance initiatives.
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