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Digital Asset Investment Scams: 2023-2025 Threat Pattern & Trend Information

This FinCEN Financial Trend Analysis examines digital asset investment scams for financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement. It analyzes 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act reports filed between September 8, 2023, and December 31, 2025, identifying approximately $12.7 billion in suspected scam-related financial activity.

Readers will learn how scammers build trust, move victims’ funds through digital asset exchanges, and conceal proceeds across wallets and financial institutions. FinCEN found that money services businesses filed 18,568 reports, while depository institutions reported approximately $6.4 billion in related activity. The agency describes an increase in reports and warns that suspicious activity reporting “should not be considered a complete representation” of the scope of a particular scam.

Digital Asset Investment Scams: 2023-2025 Threat Pattern & Trend Information
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  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Publisher:Department of the Treasury
Published:September 1, 2026
License:Public Domain
Tags:blockchaincryptocurrencyCryptocurrency ScamsDigital AssetsFinCEN
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