<MoneyLab> Crime and Cryptocurrency in Australian Courts

[Nancy Mauro-Flude]

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Crime and Cryptocurrency in Australian Courts
Lane, Aaron M. and Adam, Lisanne, Crime and Cryptocurrency in Australian 
Courts (July 18, 2022). Monash University Law Review
July 18, 2022
Keywords: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Criminal Procedure, Dark 
Web, Digital Currency, Sentencing, Virtual Currency

Abstract
This article presents the findings of the first empirical study of 
reported Australian case law involving Bitcoin and other 
cryptocurrencies between 2009 and 2020. The initial dataset consists of 
103 cases, with 59 criminal decisions and 44 other decisions. Focusing 
on criminal proceedings, the study finds that cryptocurrency has been 
considered in the context of bail, extradition, restraining orders, 
trials and sentencing. Significantly, the study finds that the use of 
cryptocurrency in the commission of an offence is seen by courts as a 
factor that tends to increase the sophistication or seriousness of the 
offence – becoming an aggravating factor in sentencing – and leads the 
court to consider general deterrence above other sentencing purposes.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4166388



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