Yevhen

Yevhen Burkatskyi
Kyiv | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
OSINT Analyst / Economic Security Specialist / Due Diligence Analyst
Summary
Specialist in collecting, structuring, and analyzing information from open sources and closed
databases. Background in analytical work within a government intelligence body and 8+ years of
risk assessment in financial markets. Helps businesses minimize financial and reputational risks by
screening counterparties before transactions (KYC/KYB), identifying affiliations, uncovering hidden
assets, and tracing digital footprints. Strong advocate of rigorous analytics: clearly separates facts,
hypotheses, and conclusions.
Key Competencies
• Corporate Intelligence: Due Diligence, KYC/KYB, ownership structure analysis, and UBO
verification.
• Investigations: asset tracing, skip tracing, fraud detection, conflict-of-interest checks, and
related-party analysis.
• Toolset: monitoring registries in the US, EU, and Ukraine; YouControl, Opendatabot; work with
data breaches; digital footprint analysis.
• Analytics: forensic reports, evidence packages, and investment risk assessment across financial
markets and crypto assets.
Professional Experience
Independent OSINT Analyst / Due Diligence Specialist
Private Practice (Upwork, international markets) | February 2024 - Present
• Conducting comprehensive background checks on legal entities and individuals for investors and
attorneys.
• Searching for hidden assets, non-obvious links between companies, and histories of lawsuits,
liens, and UCC filings.
• Identifying red flags including sham structures, scam projects, and conflicts of interest;
preparing decision-ready reports.
Financial Markets Analyst and Due Diligence Specialist
Independent Contractor / Freelance | October 2016 - Present
• Fundamental analysis of US equities, Forex, and crypto assets.
• Due diligence on crypto projects: founder and team verification, tokenomics review, and
identification of fraudulent schemes.
• Structuring raw market data into comprehensive risk assessment reports for private investment
decisions.
Information Analyst / Intelligence Specialist (OSINT)
Government Special-Purpose Agency, Kyiv | June 2014 - September 2016
• Deep search and analysis of data from open sources.
• Structuring complex data sets and preparing analytical reports for decision-making at the state
level.
• Specialized in fact-checking and uncovering hidden links between entities.
Education
Master of Science in Consolidated Information Analysis
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) | 2009 - 2014
Languages
• Ukrainian - Fluent.
• Russian - Fluent.
• English - Upper-Intermediate (B2/C1): reading documentation, writing analytical reports, and
communication with international clients.

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