Directed-Hypergraph Analytics and Fragility Testing for Anti-Money Laundering

Run Li; Paul Laux

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Directed-Hypergraph Analytics and Fragility Testing for Anti-Money Laundering

Run Li·Paul Laux

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Illicit activity in financial networks is difficult to detect. We exploit the idea that the chance of a transaction being illicit depends partly on the concurrent positions and recent actions of counterparties, as well as the higher-order organization of fund flows. We combine hypergraph features and machine learning to demonstrate practical ef fectiveness. Specifically, we use the Elliptic++ Bitcoin dataset to show that graph and directed-hypergraph-based features improve illicit-address classification. The suc cess of the predictive model then allows us to examine potential money-laundering chains are structurally fragile. Several illicit-to-licit transaction motifs with unknown intermediary addresses specified, and the fragility of these motifs is evaluated through progressive removal of the highest-risk intermediaries. Surprisingly, these motifs are fragile, suggesting that money laundering could be disrupted via the identification and exclusion of owners of a limited number of crypto wallets.

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Run Li, Paul Laux. 2026-10-16. Directed-Hypergraph Analytics and Fragility Testing for Anti-Money Laundering. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.24274

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