Jason Scharfman has authored books across digital-asset fraud, compliance, governance, and operational due diligence — published by Palgrave Macmillan, Wiley, Elsevier, and Oxford University Press. The most recent work tracks fraud and compliance in cryptocurrency and digital assets as the space has evolved.
A continuing examination of how fraud and compliance actually operate in crypto markets — built case by case, updated as the threats change.
The newest volume, tracing how AI, deepfakes, and social engineering have reshaped digital-asset fraud and what diligence now has to account for.
Extends the casebook into decentralized finance, NFTs, DAOs, and meme-coin schemes as the fraud surface widened across the ecosystem.
Catalogues real-world crypto fraud — Ponzi schemes, exchange hacks, rug pulls, and NFT scams — alongside the diligence signals that surface them.
A practical guide to standing up compliance and operations for crypto funds — real policies and controls across blockchain, DeFi, lending, and mining.
The core elements of a hedge fund compliance program — policy design, ongoing management, technology, and the evolving role of the Chief Compliance Officer.
Practical guidance on private equity compliance, with case studies on conflicts of interest, fees and expenses, LP disclosures, and valuation.
A framework for evaluating governance — from boards and service providers to valuation oversight and the influence of regulation.
How alternative managers build and run operations — trade operations, cash management, valuation, fund accounting, cybersecurity, governance, and compliance.
The foundational guide for investors designing and running a program to review a manager's operational risk.
Introduces limited partners to the distinct operational risks of private equity and real estate funds, and the tools to assess them.
Contributed chapters on hedge fund and private equity operational due diligence to the official CAIA Level II study guide.
Contributed a chapter on hedge fund due diligence and the investor analysis of operational risk.
Contributed a chapter on trends in fund-of-hedge-funds operational due diligence and the effect of fraud on ODD practice.