The Officer of the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom stole 50 Bitcoin (BTC) in 2017, the prosecutor alleges

United Kingdom prosecutors claim that an officer who works for the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the country robbed 50 Bitcoin (BTC) in 2017.

Corona’s prosecution services authorized The Merseyside police will accuse the NCA officer, Paul Chowles, with 11 hidden positions, disguised or conversion of criminal properties, three charges of acquiring, using or possessing the conversion of criminal properties and a single robbery charge.

The 50 BTC had a price of £ 60,000 ($ 77,658) in 2017 and has a value of £ 3.26 million ($ 4.2 million) at the time of writing.

Chowles, 42, will appear in the Liverpool magistrates court on April 25.

The officer’s charges materialized less than a year later New United Kingdom Legislation He granted additional powers related to Crypto to the NCA and the Police.

The expanded powers allow the United Kingdom authorities to confiscate the cryptography of “sophisticated criminals” that remain in anonymity or are abroad. Police are also empowered to confiscate physical elements related to cryptographic investigations, such as flash units and written passwords.

In addition, the United Kingdom Police can now destroy a cryptographic asset “if returning it to the circulation is not conducive to the public good”, and the victims of cryptocurrencies will have to be able to request the return of the stolen digital assets of them.

The main prosecutor of the crown, Adrian Foster, argued last year that the expanded powers were necessary in an era in which criminals are taking advantage of cryptographic technology.

“Criminal gangs often use cryptographic assets to wash their criminal profits internationally just by touching a button.

It is vital that investigators and prosecutors have the capacity and agility to maintain the rhythm of this changing nature of the crime, (and) these new measures will greatly help our ability to contain, freeze or eliminate cryptographic assets of the illegal company. “

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