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How Blockchain Intelligence Uncovered a Million-Euro Bitcoin Ordinals Tax Fraud Scheme

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Feed Name: Chainalysis Blog

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Date Published: 2026-05-20

Date Updated: 2026-05-20

Author: Chainalysis Team

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Investigators from Italy’s Guardia di Finanza used Chainalysis Reactor and a seized Ledger hardware wallet to unravel a multi-year tax-evasion scheme in which a suspect monetized Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 inscriptions, generating over €1 million in undeclared gains; on-chain clustering and exchange KYC ultimately linked the wallet cluster to a real-world identity.

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