Ying Zhao is a Of Counsel in the firm’s OSINT & Digital Forensics group who joined Whitfield & Crane from a Fortune 100 corporate investigations team. She focuses on open-source attribution and digital forensics. secured freezing orders in some of the fastest response times on record.

She advises clients across North America and Europe and works with the firm’s investigators and forensic accountants to move from first report to first freeze as quickly as the facts allow. She is admitted in New York and regularly coordinates matters with local counsel worldwide.

Ying is a graduate of Yale Law School and New York University, where she served on the law review. She writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.

• Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 8 countries after recall attempts failed
• Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 9 exchanges after an exploit
Returned $69 million to victims of a romance-token scam spanning 8 countries

Yale Law School
B.A., New York University

New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

English
German

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