The Current State of Cryptocurrency Recovery by CreditorsJanuary 26, 2022While cryptocurrencies have increasingly become more mainstream, they are still relegated to the edges of financial systems because they are still not widely accepted as legal tender and are limited to private transactions between individuals online. Cryptocurrencies are global, and bad actors that use them to perpetrate fraud may be located in various jurisdictions around the globe. Not all countries…
Discovering and Recovering Cryptocurrency Assets Is Easier Than Originally SuspectedJuly 1, 2021It is no secret that the rapid development of cryptocurrencies and sudden surges in their popularity presented challenges to victims trying to recover their losses. Cryptocurrencies are a secure, decentralized and anonymous way to conduct transactions outside the customary banking channel. Criminals flocked to cryptocurrencies as a way to conduct illicit business without revealing their names or locations. But, the FBI’s recovery of Bitcoins paid to Colonial Pipeline in the ransomware attack reveals that cryptocurrencies are not as hard to track as criminals think.