For criminals, cryptocurrency is the ideal method to launder proceeds of illegal activities, used for money-laundering, tax evasion, drug trafficking, and extortion. Today’s investigator must be experienced in the basics of Cold Storage, BIP38, BIP39 and transferring cryptocurrencies during the execution of a search warrant from a suspect's wallet to their agency owned wallet.
Law enforcement, intelligence analysts, and investigators will practice cold storage, learn why it matters, name the different types of cold storage options, and create their own public and private keys without connecting to the internet or any other network. The course will teach how to establish an agency owned cryptocurrency wallet before the execution of a search warrant. After that, investigators will go through several exercises and practice the transfer of cryptocurrencies from a suspect's wallet to their agency owned wallet.
Participants will understand the similarities and differences between and ICO and an IPO, articulate how cryptocurrencies are launched and discuss the process of a pump and dump scheme.
Course participants will become proficient in Bitcoin and Altcoin basics, the Blockchain, cryptocurrencies wallets, exchanges, transactions, and do hands-on exercises on the five most common Hardware Wallets.
Karhrman Ziegenbein, Co-Founder & CEO leads a team of specialists dedicated to cryptocurrency investigations, forensics, and research. Besides, he is delivering the highest quality of instructor-led training programs and technical resources to professionals in the intelligence, law enforcement, and private sectors. Since our inception, Karhrman's goal is to significantly advance the critical skills required for law enforcement, forensic experts, and individual sector practitioners to excel during any cryptocurrency and dark web related investigation.
Besides, he lectures for Ferris State University Michigan, SPC St. Petersburg and Valencia College in Orlando, Florida on topics such as seizing and hiding cryptocurrencies, creating undercover dark web pages and conducting dark web investigations. Karhrman is also the creator of Tomoko Discovery, a SHA256 Web Evidence Capture Tool for Clear Web, Dark Web, and the Seizing of Cryptocurrency.
Karhrman was born and raised in Germany, speaks German and English fluently, and currently resides in Petersburg, FL with his wife who puts up with his off-beat sense of humor and beloved dog Charlie.
He has built and implemented Information Security Management Frameworks for some of the biggest corporates in Africa, such as Shoprite. He also conducts ISO 27001 and NIST gap analysis and security reviews for several other corporates in the financial, oil and gas, retail, mining and manufacturing sectors where vulnerability scanning, management, and penetration testing is part thereof.
Craig has assisted financial and other sectors with corporate governance and legislative compliances such as PoPI, GDPR, FFIEC, and ISO 27001. He has also conducted cybersecurity training and awareness to board members and CEO's of large companies such as Nedbank, Telkom, MTN, etc. Craig has worked across both private and public sectors and served data analysis, investigative and supervisory roles at the City of Cape Town, South African Police Services and other governmental and municipal departments. Craig has provided expert witness testimonies for the Department of Priority Crimes Investigators (Hawks) and other clients in his past.
Besides, he lectures on a part-time basis for the University of Florida and ad hoc at the University of Cape Town on topics such as cyber security, digital forensics, and social media intelligence. He currently resides in Johannesburg, South Africa with his wife and his five children.