Purpose

Cryptocurrencies have been used to commit various offences, but enforcement efforts remain underdeveloped relative to the value of these crimes. This paper aims to examine factors associated with outcomes of US-based cryptocurrency financial crime prosecutions.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors studied the 37 resolved cryptocurrency-based financial crime cases in the USA to date, exploring the impact of offence, defendant and evidence characteristics on the mode of disposition and penalties. The authors used bivariate analyses and logistic regression models to determine relationships among these variables.

Findings

The presence of individual defendants only (rather than a corporate defendant or combination thereof) and the use of only a cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin in committing a crime each made a case less likely to be resolved by dismissal, trial or summary or default judgement.

Originality/value

This paper is the first to examine variables contributing to financial crime prosecution outcomes and has implications for prosecutorial decision-making, resource allocation and the prevention and detection of financial offences involving cryptocurrencies.

中文翻译：

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解释基于加密货币的金融犯罪的起诉结果

目的

加密货币已被用于实施各种犯罪，但相对于这些犯罪的价值而言，执法工作仍不发达。本文旨在研究与美国加密货币金融犯罪起诉结果相关的因素。

设计/方法/途径

作者研究了美国迄今为止破获的 37 起基于加密货币的金融犯罪案件，探讨了犯罪、被告人和证据特征对处置方式和处罚方式的影响。作者使用双变量分析和逻辑回归模型来确定这些变量之间的关系。

发现

只有个人被告（而不是公司被告或其组合）的存在以及仅使用比特币以外的加密货币进行犯罪都使得案件不太可能通过驳回、审判或简易判决或缺席判决来解决。

原创性/价值

本文首次研究了影响金融犯罪起诉结果的变量，并对起诉决策、资源分配以及涉及加密货币的金融犯罪的预防和侦查产生了影响。