Course Detail(DGT095 : Crypto-Asset Forensics: Tracing Misappropriations and Investigating Fraud)

UTAP Funding

DGT095 : Crypto-Asset Forensics: Tracing Misappropriations and Investigating Fraud

7.00 CPE Hours (Category 5)
Classroom

With more individuals and companies investing and exposed to crypto-assets than ever before, the incidence of fraud, mismanagement, and risks of misappropriation increase.

The increase in crypto-asset and stablecoin litigation provides a rare opportunity for practitioners to gain an additional capability to serve a wider range of customers.

This course aims to equip accountants, auditors and anyone who deals with asset-tracking and seizure with the skills needed to conduct crypto-asset and stablecoin tracing, investigate incidences of misappropriation of crypto-assets held by corporate treasuries, and evaluate companies with crypto-assets and/or stablecoins on their balance sheets.

On the completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand how crypto-assets and stablecoins can be seized or frozen;
  • perform independent crypto-asset or stablecoin tracking and tracing; and
  • prepare crypto-asset and stablecoin tracking reports for use in legal proceedings

Programme Outline

Introduction to Crypto-Asset Transactions

  • How do crypto-asset transactions work?

Basics of Blockchain Transaction Tracing

  • How do we trace blockchain transactions?
  • How can you identify related parties?
  • What are crypto-asset mixers?
  • What information can you request from a crypto-asset service provider (e.g. exchange) as part of your investigations?

Advanced Blockchain Transaction Tracing and Attribution

  • Introduction to decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • What are smart contracts?
  • How can you establish someone’s control over a smart contract?
  • How do you prove common ownership of smart contracts?

Real-Life Case Studies

  • Case Study 1: Tracing a Misappropriated Crypto-Asset
    • Learn practical steps for tracing digital funds in cases of misappropriation where a venture capital firm invested in a startup using stablecoins that were misappropriated by one of the startup’s founders.
  • Case Study 2: How to Create $1.4 billion out of Thin Air
    • Examine how a crypto-asset exchange “manufactured” $1.4 billion worth of free stablecoins impacting market prices and distorting the value of other crypto-assets. 

Training Methodology

Seminar style with case studies and live demos

Closing Date for Registration 

1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.  

Intended For

The course is intended for:

  • accountants;
  • auditors;
  • financial forensic professionals;
  • lawyers and legal professionals;
  • law enforcement officers; and
  • professionals involved in asset-tracing and seizures.

No prior blockchain or crypto-asset knowledge is required.

Competency Mapping

Category 5 = 7.00 Hours

Schedule & Fees

Date & Time

27 May 2025 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 406.57
For Non-Members: $ 485.05

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Date & Time

04 Nov 2025 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)

For Members: $ 488.32
For Non-Members: $ 582.06

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Testimonial

Funding

1] NTUC Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)

NTUC members enjoy 50% *unfunded course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP. NTUC members aged 40 and above can enjoy higher funding support up to $500 per individual each year, capped at 50% of unfunded course fees, for courses attended between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2025.

*Unfunded course fee refers to the balance course fee payable after applicable government subsidies. This excludes material fees, registration fees, misc. fees etc.

This course is approved for UTAP support for intakes conducted between 05 December 2024 – 31 March 2025.

As UTAP is given on calendar year basis, and calculated based on year of training taken, it cannot be accumulated.

  • Maintained paid-up NTUC membership before course, throughout course duration and at the point of claim and;
  • Course by training provider must be supported under UTAP and training must commence within the supported period and;
  • Unfunded course fee must not be fully sponsored by company or other types of funding
  • Unfunded course fee must be S$20.00 and above, and;
  • Member must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and sat for all prescribed examination(s), if any and;
  • UTAP application must be made within 6 months after course ends.

For more information on UTAP Funding and to submit for UTAP claims, please visit https://www.ntuc.org.sg/uportal/programmes/union-training-assistance-programme. Terms and conditions apply.

Programme Facilitator(s)


Patrick Tan
 
Patrick Tan is the General Counsel for ChainArgos, the blockchain intelligence firm best known for breaking the news with Bloomberg of crypto-asset exchange Binance’s BUSD stablecoin that was at times unbacked by as much as $1.4 billion.
 
ChainArgos has been at the forefront in exposing frauds and the use of illicit funds and is regularly quoted by top global media including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Thomson Reuters, and the South China Morning Post. 
 
Patrick Tan is a lawyer, and a former licensed fund manager. He analyses and manages legal risks related to crypto-asset trading, speaks regularly at blockchain and investment events and his writing is featured in leading publications. He specializes in areas related to the overlap between securities law and its application to crypto-assets.

With more individuals and companies investing and exposed to crypto-assets than ever before, the incidence of fraud, mismanagement, and risks of misappropriation increase.

The increase in crypto-asset and stablecoin litigation provides a rare opportunity for practitioners to gain an additional capability to serve a wider range of customers.

This course aims to equip accountants, auditors and anyone who deals with asset-tracking and seizure with the skills needed to conduct crypto-asset and stablecoin tracing, investigate incidences of misappropriation of crypto-assets held by corporate treasuries, and evaluate companies with crypto-assets and/or stablecoins on their balance sheets.

On the completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand how crypto-assets and stablecoins can be seized or frozen;
  • perform independent crypto-asset or stablecoin tracking and tracing; and
  • prepare crypto-asset and stablecoin tracking reports for use in legal proceedings

Programme Outline

Introduction to Crypto-Asset Transactions

  • How do crypto-asset transactions work?

Basics of Blockchain Transaction Tracing

  • How do we trace blockchain transactions?
  • How can you identify related parties?
  • What are crypto-asset mixers?
  • What information can you request from a crypto-asset service provider (e.g. exchange) as part of your investigations?

Advanced Blockchain Transaction Tracing and Attribution

  • Introduction to decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • What are smart contracts?
  • How can you establish someone’s control over a smart contract?
  • How do you prove common ownership of smart contracts?

Real-Life Case Studies

  • Case Study 1: Tracing a Misappropriated Crypto-Asset
    • Learn practical steps for tracing digital funds in cases of misappropriation where a venture capital firm invested in a startup using stablecoins that were misappropriated by one of the startup’s founders.
  • Case Study 2: How to Create $1.4 billion out of Thin Air
    • Examine how a crypto-asset exchange “manufactured” $1.4 billion worth of free stablecoins impacting market prices and distorting the value of other crypto-assets. 

Training Methodology

Seminar style with case studies and live demos

Closing Date for Registration 

1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.  

Intended For

The course is intended for:

  • accountants;
  • auditors;
  • financial forensic professionals;
  • lawyers and legal professionals;
  • law enforcement officers; and
  • professionals involved in asset-tracing and seizures.

No prior blockchain or crypto-asset knowledge is required.

Competency Mapping

Category 5 = 7.00 Hours

Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan
 
Patrick Tan is the General Counsel for ChainArgos, the blockchain intelligence firm best known for breaking the news with Bloomberg of crypto-asset exchange Binance’s BUSD stablecoin that was at times unbacked by as much as $1.4 billion.
 
ChainArgos has been at the forefront in exposing frauds and the use of illicit funds and is regularly quoted by top global media including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Thomson Reuters, and the South China Morning Post. 
 
Patrick Tan is a lawyer, and a former licensed fund manager. He analyses and manages legal risks related to crypto-asset trading, speaks regularly at blockchain and investment events and his writing is featured in leading publications. He specializes in areas related to the overlap between securities law and its application to crypto-assets.

Upcoming Schedule

Date & Time

27 May 2025 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)


SGD pricing -

For Members: $ 406.57
For Non-Members: $ 485.05


Programme Facilitator(s)

Patrick Tan

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709