Money laundering through video games, a criminals' playground

IF 2 4区 医学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Dan Cooke , Angus Marshall
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Abstract

Money laundering and video games provide opportunities to criminals for easier and less detectable methods of performing money laundering. These actions may be used as part of a system of transactions, by these criminals, to further disguise the origins of their funds. The use of videogames as a tool to launder money is something that has been only briefly explored. This work identifies the ways that money laundering through video game secondary marketplaces can offer benefits to criminals looking to launder money, versus the use of traditional money laundering methods.

We explore the potential for using publicly accessible data, such as that available from the Steam Marketplace, to identify suspicious transactions that may indicate the existence of money laundering within these platforms. This research focused on identifying irregularities in the frequency and quantity of trades on the Steam Marketplace.

The results of this investigation show that identifying, using very simple money laundering detection methods, possible cases of money laundering within transactional data from the Steam Marketplace is possible. The data used shows that there were several suspicious transactions and accounts which could warrant further investigation, and may be involved in activity which represents money laundering. As a result of this, there is scope for further investigations using larger data sets and examination of other publicly accessible data using a greater range of methods to identify suspicious transactions including, but not limited to, value of transactions and location.

通过电子游戏洗钱,犯罪分子的乐园
洗钱和电子游戏为犯罪分子提供了机会,使他们能以更容易、更不易察觉的方法进行洗钱。这些行为可能被犯罪分子用作交易系统的一部分,以进一步掩盖其资金的来源。对于利用电子游戏作为洗钱工具的问题,目前还只是进行了简单的探讨。与使用传统的洗钱方法相比,这项研究确定了通过电子游戏二级市场洗钱可以为寻求洗钱的犯罪分子带来的好处。我们探索了使用公开数据(如蒸汽市场提供的数据)的潜力,以识别可能表明这些平台中存在洗钱活动的可疑交易。这项研究的重点是识别 Steam 市场上交易频率和数量的异常情况。调查结果表明,使用非常简单的洗钱检测方法,识别 Steam 市场交易数据中可能存在的洗钱案例是可能的。所使用的数据显示,有几项可疑交易和账户值得进一步调查,并可能涉及洗钱活动。因此,有必要使用更大的数据集进行进一步调查,并使用更广泛的方法检查其他可公开访问的数据,以确定可疑交易,包括但不限于交易价值和地点。
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