Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks

How a new generation of money launderers is plundering the world and why we need to stop them

For as long as people have been stealing money, there has been an industry ready to wash it. But what happened when our economy went digital? How does the global underworld wash its dirty money in the Internet age?

Rinsed reveals how organized crooks have joined forces with the world's most sophisticated cybercriminals. The result: a vast virtual money-laundering machine too intelligent for most authorities to crack.

Through a series of jaw-dropping cases and interviews with insiders at all levels of the system, Geoff White shows how thieves are uniting to successfully get away with the most atrocious crimes on an unprecedented scale. The book follows money from the outrageous luxury of Dubai hotels to sleepy backwaters of coastal Ireland, from the backstreets of Nigeria to the secretive zones of North Korea, to investigate this new cyber supercartel.

Through first-hand accounts from the victims of their devastating crimes, White uncovers the extraordinary true story of hi-tech laundering - and exposes its terrible human cost.

Author: Geoff White
Publisher: Penguin Business
Published: 08/13/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780241624838


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2024

About the Author
Geoff White is an investigative journalist covering technology and organized crime. He has reported on the Snowden leaks, investigated the hacking of Britain's largest internet service provider TalkTalk, exposed fraud in the online dating industry and won multiple awards. His work has appeared in outlets including Channel 4 News, the BBC and The Sunday Times. His podcast series The Dark Web has been a top-ten hit on Audible since its launch in 2017 and his latest podcast The Lazarus Heist, which he co-hosted with Jean Lee for the BBC World Service, reached number one in the UK Apple chart.