
Rinsed
From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks
Penguin UK · Print & ebook · September 9, 2025
The thrilling examination of how the new generation of money launderers, from the acclaimed investigative journalist and author of The Lazarus Heist.
- Themes
- Cybercrime and money laundering, Financial crime investigation, Human cost of crime
- Genres
- Cybercrime, White-Collar Crime, Organized Crime
- Published
- Penguin UK, September 9, 2025
Digital Money Laundering
Geoff White traces how organized criminals move stolen money through the digital economy and beyond.
Come here for
- Cases and insider interviews on digital money laundering
- First-hand accounts from victims of cybercriminals
Expect
- Investigations spanning Dubai, coastal Ireland, Nigeria, and North Korea
- The human cost of hi-tech laundering
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The thrilling examination of how the new generation of money launderers, from the acclaimed investigative journalist and author of The Lazarus Heist. 'Rinsed is a triumph. If you want to understand how the chaotic world around us really works, read this book!’
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MILES JOHNSON, AUTHOR OF CHASING SHADOWS 'A riveting look at not only the nuts and bolts of cons and crimes but the techniques detectives use to stalk cyber criminals' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Gripping' THE ECONOMIST 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. 'Rinsed is as twisty, colourful and terrifyingly eye-opening as the people White investigates. You’ll never look at wealth, technology and crime in the same way’ CARA MCGOOGAN, AUTHOR OF THE POISON LINE 'A gripping look at the battle between cops and criminals on the new frontier of financial crime' BRADLEY HOPE, CO-AUTHOR OF BILLION DOLLAR WHALE
Where it sits
| Cybercrime | 75% |
|---|---|
| White-Collar Crime | 54% |
| Organized Crime | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Corruption & Misconduct
- White-Collar Crime
- Cybercrime
- Authors
- Geoff White
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Published
- September 9, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Cybercrime and money laundering · Financial crime investigation · Human cost of crime
- Reading lane
- Corruption & Misconduct