Identifying perpetrators of cryptoassets fraud using a Norwich Pharmacal order of the English court

Digital footprints are impervious to the desire of threat actors to maintain pseudonymity in their online activities. Victims of cyber fraud can leverage this evidence by deploying a versatile suite of tools under English law, designed to assist in discovering the facts necessary to trace the identity of their perpetrators - and in turn, to recovering misappropriated assets. The Norwich Pharmacal order A Norwich Pharmacal order (NPO) is a form of disclosure order of the English court which requires a person who is mixed up in wrongdoing to disclose certain documents and/or information to the applicant....

July 7, 2021 · 7 min

Bankers Trust orders: an important tool in cases involving cryptocurrency fraud

The prevalence of financial crime is increasing at an exponential rate both in the UK and internationally. Bankers Trust orders are a type of injunctive remedy of the English court which require a financial institution to provide information and documents in respect of a customer who has perpetrated a fraud. This interim remedy of the court provides a potential means to ascertain the identity of perpetrators of fraud in cases involving the misappropriation of cryptocurrency through cryptocurrency exchanges....

May 5, 2021 · 7 min