Kiosk Cash Exchange
Kiosk Cash Exchange · Exchange with weak or absent KYC · kiosk-cash · synthetic attribution
Kiosk Cash Exchange scores 8.8 of 10 (prohibited risk) as a counterparty, driven mainly by registration and licensing (39.9% of the score). It is unlicensed in Curacao, and applies weak identity checks. It does not transmit originator information, so a Travel Rule request against a transfer to it cannot be satisfied. Operational footprint covers Curacao, North Korea, British Virgin Islands.
Due-diligence pillars
Four pillars are scored 0-10 and combined with fixed weights (licensing 35%, jurisdiction 25%, kyc_aml 30%, operational 10%). The result is on the same 0-10 scale as a wallet score so the two can be compared, but it measures the counterparty's controls, not its transaction history.
- No licence or registration identified in any supervisory regime. (+9.0)
- Operates in scope of MiCA without an authorisation under it. (+1.0)
- Incorporated in Curacao, which carries a jurisdiction risk of 4 of 10 in this model. (+4.0)
- The jurisdiction is an offshore secrecy centre, so beneficial ownership may not be discoverable. (+1.5)
- Operates from North Korea, a higher-risk jurisdiction than the one it is incorporated in. Where a service actually operates matters as much as where it is registered. (+2.4)
- Identity checks are partial and can be circumvented. The verification threshold is $10,000. (+7.0)
- No transaction monitoring programme was identified. (+5.0)
- Originator and beneficiary information is not transmitted with transfers, so a Travel Rule request cannot be satisfied. (+3.0)
- Customers and counterparties are not screened against sanctions lists. (+2.0)
- Source of funds is not evidenced for large deposits. (+1.0)
- Holds customer funds, so it is the party a Travel Rule request or a freeze order is served on. (0.0)
- Only 1 address(es) are attributed to this entity, so its on-chain behaviour is barely observable and exposure to it may be under-counted. (+1.0)
Registration
| Status | unlicensed |
|---|---|
| Regulator | no identified regulator |
| Evidence | none |
| Reference | none |
| MiCA | not authorised |
Jurisdiction
| Incorporated in | Curacao (CW) |
|---|---|
| Operational hubs | CW, KP, VG |
| FATF grey list | no |
| Offshore secrecy | yes |
KYC and AML
| KYC rigour | weak |
|---|---|
| Withdrawal KYC threshold | $10,000 |
| Transaction monitoring | absent |
| Travel Rule | absent |
| Sanctions screening | no |
| Source-of-funds checks | no |
Operational integrity
| Custody model | custodial |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 |
| Chains | BTC |
| Clustered addresses | 1 |
The regulatory file is seeded, not sourced from a register. Licence references and dates are fabricated for demonstration and must never be relied on for a real onboarding decision.