Basic Course Practical

ATM Manual Track

***Use www.blockchain.com or www.blockchair.com for this exercise***

A victim was contacted by a suspect posing as a DEA Agent. The suspect informed the victim that a package destined for his residence was inspected had over 1 kilogram of fentanyl inside.  The suspect told the victim he needed to pay a fine of $10,000 in Bitcoin to avoid being arrested. The suspect provided the following Bitcoin address and told the victim to go to the nearest Bitcoin ATM to make the payment.

bc1qkgdahgsmmfy26m3fgqryat62r6tjp7qypq5k3n

On 2022-07-06 the victim deposited approximately 0.44958796 at an ATM and sent to the suspect address. Based on the above information, answer the following questions. 

  • What is the USD value shown in the transaction? Why is there a discrepancy in the amount the victim advised he sent? 
     
  • What is the number of Bitcoins that were sent? Does this number match the number provided by the victim?
     
  • Track the transactions to identify a possible exchange that was used.
     
  • Document the last four of the transaction hash, the suspect address, and the exchange deposit address that you would use to prepare a Letterhead Memo to the exchange for account information and to Freeze the account. 
     


 

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