Mike Meisels

Mike is part of Chainalysis’s Australia and New Zealand team, working with banks, government agencies and crypto businesses to leverage blockchain analytics in the fight against financial crime. His work focuses on VASP risk, fraud and scam detection, and regional strategies to disrupt illicit activity. Outside his role at Chainalysis, Mike develops his own anti-scam tools to trace scammers, follow the flow of stolen funds, and identify the mule accounts used to move and launder money. Combining industry experience with hands-on investigative work, Mike brings a practical perspective on how scams operate both on-chain and off-chain, and how technology and collaboration can help stop them.