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Crypto criminal law

Cryptocurrency & Digital Asset Investigations

Georgian criminal-law guidance for virtual assets, blockchain evidence and restrained digital assets.

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A crypto investigation must connect blockchain activity to a person, device, account and alleged offence; a wallet transfer or compliance alert alone does not establish knowledge or criminal origin.

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Link on-chain movement to off-chain control

Criminal-law guidance for virtual-asset investigations, alleged crypto fraud or laundering, digital evidence and asset restraint in Georgia.

Wallet attribution, exchange records, P2P communications, device access and fiat funding must be examined together. The legal analysis then separates alleged fraud, laundering, unauthorised access, tax or restraint issues instead of treating ‘crypto’ as one offence.

Preserve the complete digital-asset evidence chain

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Identify control, attribution and transaction purpose

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Separate VASP or registration questions from the alleged offence

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Test blockchain analytics against off-chain evidence

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Preserve wallet, exchange and device records

Georgian Criminal Code — explained

Legal issues behind wallet, exchange and asset events

Article 180

Fraud

The investigation must distinguish alleged deceptive appropriation from contractual non-performance, commercial risk or a later inability to pay.

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Legalisation of illegal income (money laundering)

The prosecution must connect property to alleged criminal origin and prove the accused person's conduct and required knowledge or purpose.

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Unauthorised access to a computer system

Ownership of a device or account does not prove unauthorised access; permission, attribution, method and consequence should be tested.

Read full guide →Article 186

Property knowingly obtained by criminal means

Knowledge of the property's alleged criminal origin and the accused person's actual transaction or control are central.

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