How do I investigate a suspicious Solana transfer?

Start by looking up both the sending and receiving Solana addresses on a risk scanner — OnChainRisk gives each address a 0-100 risk score, flags any direct sanctions match, and surfaces patterns like high-frequency interactions with mixers, drainers, or known scam contracts. Then map the transfer's counterparties one or two hops outward to see whether funds flowed to a known centralized exchange, a sanctioned wallet, or another flagged entity. If either address scores high or the next-hop trail touches a flagged counterparty, treat the case as suspicious and follow your team's incident, KYT, or compliance escalation workflow.

How to do it

  1. Paste both the sending and receiving Solana addresses into the wallet checker at /check-wallet/solana/.
  2. Note the 0-100 risk score and any explicit sanctions or scam-pattern flags on each address.
  3. Review the most recent outbound counterparties one to two hops out — does either side touch a known exchange, mixer, or labeled-entity service?
  4. Cross-reference the transfer's timing and amount against any active incident your team is tracking.
  5. If the signal warrants escalation, export a PDF report for the case file and notify your compliance or investigation lead.

What OnChainRisk can help with

  • Solana address risk scoring (0-100 scale)
  • Counterparty visibility one or two hops out
  • Direct sanctions and watchlist screening
  • Scam-pattern signals (mixer, drainer, known scam contracts)
  • Exportable PDF reports for case files

What it does not claim

  • Full forensic depth on every Solana program or token (depth varies by chain and feature)
  • Off-chain identity attribution
  • Guaranteed mapping from a wallet to a real-world person or entity
  • Real-time alerting or blocking infrastructure

Deeper resources

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