Amelia Duarte

Amelia Duarte

Amelia Duarte

Investigative Counsel · OSINT & Digital Forensics

Whitfield & Crane LLP

London

Biography

Amelia leads the open-source investigation unit that maps scam networks before litigation begins. Her team unravels the social accounts, domains, shell companies and wallet clusters behind online fraud — the intelligence that turns a faceless scam into a named defendant.

Trained as a journalist and later as an investigator, Amelia has built attribution packages used in more than 200 matters, and her work has been credited in freezing orders and judgments across three continents.

She teaches investigative tradecraft at the firm’s academy and speaks Spanish and Portuguese fluently — a daily advantage in tracing scams across Latin America.

Representative Matters

  • Attributed a 300-wallet romance-token scam to a four-person syndicate operating from three countries
  • Built the intelligence foundation for freezing orders in a $90 million platform fraud
  • Unmasked a fake-investment-app operation targeting Spanish-speaking retirees

Education

J.D., Fordham University School of Law
B.A., Journalism, New York University

Bar Admissions

New York
Florida

Languages

English
Spanish
Portuguese

Recognition

Recognized among the National Association of Investigative Specialists’ 40 Under 40 (2025)