Raising The Standards of Accountability & Transparency

Our goal is to make Web3 safer for everyone and prevent fraudulent activity before it happens by raising the standards of accountability and transparency of creators and builders.

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What We Do

Our Two-Tiered Approach To
Combatting Crypto Fraud

Fraud Prevention

Preventing fraud from occurring in the first place is arguably the most important aspect of what we do. This is done through education within our community and among crypto teams so that they are aware of common red flags to look out for when deciding to support any given crypto project.

Investigations

We recognize that in spite of our best efforts, fraudulent activity will continue to occur. That is why we leverage the expertise of seasoned crypto veterans for blockchain forensic analysis as well our relationships with law enforcement agencies across the globe to hold bad actors accountable.

Team

Our Team

Depending on the scale, a typical investigation team will involve up to two investigators, a case builder, and a negotiator.

Investigators

Utilizing address tracking and analyzing code of smart contracts, investigators track where funds are stolen from and where they end up.

Case Builder

Every case needs to have a thorough report detailing the discoveries and progress of the case in a professional matter.

A case builder presents intel in a professional matter with collected evidence that would be sent to authorities and also released to the public (sensitive info permitting).

Negotiator

When the case is formulated and strong evidence has been collected, the negotiator will attempt to recover the funds from the criminal in an effort to avoid legal actions. If failed to do so, authorities will be contacted.

This is arguably the most dangerous role as the negotiator is in direct contact with the criminal(s), so safety precautions must be taken, such as creating a dedicated account for negotiating purposes.

Our Investigation Process

A general crypto investigation contains a mix of the following

When fraud occurs in the crypto space, our community is the first to let us know.

That information comes through our Discord server, messages on Twitter, or forms submitted through our website. If you want to let us know of fraud that has occurred, skip to the form (here.)

This inquiry system will also allow victims of current investigations to submit their claim. This will help lay the foundation for and bolster a legal case, if necessary.

Investigators approach an investigation using automated tools, skills, and experience in their attempt to recover funds.

Recovering funds includes tracking transactions on the blockchain to a centralized exchange, talking to team members of the affected project to see who has access to the multisig treasury to create a list of suspects to track on social media, as well as analyzing code in smart contracts.It is not guaranteed for all funds to be recovered, if any at all. A strong case of evidence (not just addresses) needs to be built to gain leverage against the scammers for negotiating.

Most importantly, no information regarding the case or investigation will be disclosed until the scammer is caught.

The Investigations by Obsidian team will receive a small percentage of any recovered funds in order to support future operations.

In order to continue to fund our mission of reducing fraud that occurs in the crypto space, a small percentage of stolen funds will be retained in order to grow our influence to combat scammers on a bigger scale.

Fund recovery is not guaranteed, but no expense is spared to achieve that end.

Our work

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