Jul 14, 2021 17:00:00

A total of 45 billion yen of Bitcoin is seized from one woman

The Metropolitan Police Department announced on July 13, 2021 that it had seized £ 180 million worth of crypto assets from a 39-year-old woman living in London. In June 2021, the Metropolitan Police seized crypto assets worth £ 114 million (¥ 17.4 billion) from the same person, and the total amount of crypto assets seized amounted to about 45 billion yen. is.

Detectives break record in new cryptocurrency seizure worth nearly ... --Metropolitan Police
https://news.met.police.uk/news/detectives-break-record-in-new-cryptocurrency-seizure-worth-nearly-ps180million-431112

Woman arrested for money laundering after seizure of £ 114 million ... --Metropolitan Police
https://news.met.police.uk/news/woman-arrested-for-money-laundering-after-seizure-of-114-pounds-million-of-cryptocurrency-430289

Met police seize nearly £ 180m of bitcoin in money laundering investigation | Bitcoin | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/13/met-police-bitcoin-money-laundering-cryptocurrency

The Metropolitan Police arrested a 39-year-old woman in London on June 24, 2021 on suspicion of money laundering. At the time of the arrest, interrogation revealed that the woman in question was trying to money launder the worth of £ 114 million of crypto assets, and was reported to have seized the highest-priced crypto assets in British history. However, a new £ 180 million crypto asset was confiscated from the woman in question, setting a new high for crypto assets.

Detective Joe Ryan of the Metropolitan Police said, 'We have succeeded in seizing a large amount of crypto assets again in less than a month. Our investigation is complex and extensive, and this is suspicious. We are focusing on the people who are at the heart of money laundering. The investigation will continue in the coming months. '

'Cash is still the king of crime, but as digital platforms evolve, criminal organizations are increasingly using crypto assets for money laundering,' said Graham McNulty, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. A year ago it was an unexplored territory for us, but now we have a highly trained team dedicated to crypto assets, one step ahead of the criminals who use crypto assets. ' We are appealing that we are forming a specialized team for crimes using crypto assets that continue to be used.

According to The Guardian, the crypto assets seized are Bitcoin, 'The value of Bitcoin as of July 2021 has decreased to less than half compared to around April 2021. In other words, the seized crypto assets could have more than doubled in value three months ago. ' In addition, the technology-related media Tom's Hardware is, 'the fact that the value of the seized bit coin moves up and down significantly, make it difficult to follow-up investigation of money laundering' and said , tracking of money laundering using the encryption assets Point out the difficulty of.