Russian investigators will be allowed to start cryptocurrencies to confiscate assets – Bits Media

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation promotes permission to the parliament of the investigating authorities to create cryptocurrency wallets - digital assets confiscated from people recognized by criminals will be sent to these wallets..

As emphasized Representative of the main criminal administration of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Madina Dolgiev on a round table in the Federation Council, For such a resolution, there is no need to change laws. Only government decisions are enough:

“The General Prosecutor's Office always consistently advocates the development and optimization of the confiscation mechanism as a different measure of procedural nature. We are here (In the situation with cryptocurrencies) We can allow the investigating authorities to start their own cryptocurrency accounts and wallets ".

The representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office is sure, that it is worth developing mechanisms for the implementation of confiscated assets. We are talking about those assets, which the court considers it necessary to turn the state, And the bailiffs will be sold. There are also two options for the development of the situation - using changes in the law on enforcement proceedings, or "additional government decree".

Note, that US law enforcement agencies have long been practicing the confiscation of digital assets for convicts of criminals. Recently, the US Ministry of Justice reported
About the confiscation of cryptocurrencies in the amount of about $112 million.