The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation is preparing amendments to the legislation on the possibility of confiscating digital assets – Bits Media

Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov spoke about the work on amendments to the legislation, allowing confiscation of digital assets, used for illegal purposes.

Speaking at the conference of heads of prosecutor's offices of European states, which takes place in St. Petersburg, Krasnov noted the need for such amendments. According to him, Now a lot of attention is paid to the use of cryptocurrencies for criminal purposes. AND, Although the first step in solving this problem was the adoption of the law "On digital assets", There is still a lot of work ahead.

“Currently, work is underway to amend the criminal and criminal procedure legislation. This will apply restrictive measures and confiscation against virtual assets”, - emphasized the prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.

Krasnov also noted, that recently in the investigation of corruption cases, digital assets are increasingly appearing. In this case, cryptocurrencies are used as a bribe proper, and "for laundering stolen budget funds".

Just a few days ago, a new edition of the National Security Strategy was adopted in Russia, in which law enforcement agencies should fight using cryptocurrencies for criminal purposes.