Cryptocurrency

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Blockchain Forensics

When you add the "crypto" prefix to services, many people begin wondering which type of expert is needed.  Cryptocurrency is a financial matter in divorce disputes and likely a financial matter in most civil and criminal disputes; as such, an expert with foundational financial expertise supplemented with additional cryptocurrency expertise is needed.   The articles below have been published in various other locations, as part of presentations made to various attorney associations or financial practitioners and some are part of an ongoing series in The Value Examiner. 

These articles do not substitute for expert, legal, or tax advice, do not contain such advice, and should not be construed as such.  They are written for a financial forensic practitioner audience such as Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Master Analysts in Financial Forensics (MAFF), Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), and those who may perform forensic accounting, financial forensics, fraud risk assessments, and similar such accounting investigative services (e.g. asset tracing and valuation), and who anticipate providing their findings in a court of law.  The new term emerging for this field when it involves cryptocurrency is blockchain forensics.

An intro for crypto discovery, transfers, and more in divorce. 

Twelve indicators of scams in the context of online personas, dating apps, and crypto. 

TVEnd23_Haraminac.pdf

Dec 2023

Cryptocurrency in Litigation Series, Part 0

This article includes a discussion on evidentiary rules in the context of cryptocurrency in matrimonial disputes, civil disputes, and criminal disputes along with a cryptocurrency primer for the financial forensics practitioner.

TVEjf24_Haraminac.pdf

Feb 2024

Cryptocurrency in Litigation Series, Part 1

This article discusses the structure and format of cryptocurrency records that are available to account holders (both wallets and exchange accounts) and details the importance of identifying the completeness of records and expert subjectivity.

TVEma24_Haraminac.pdf

Apr 2024

Cryptocurrency in Litigation Series, Part 2

This article discusses objections made by parties and by non-parties to requests for documents, such as a subpoena to a cryptocurrency exchange account provider and includes information related responding to common objections.

TVEmj24_Haraminac.pdf

Jun 2024

Cryptocurrency in Litigation Series, Part 3

This article explores appropriate measures of volatility for cryptocurrency tokens - native and non-native and contains a discussion on illusions of statistical presentation as well as the factors that contribute to cryptocurrency investment decisions.

24-JA-Haraminac.pdf

Aug 2024

Cryptocurrency in Litigation Series, Part 4

This article identifies risks of dividing cryptocurrency assets through in-kind transfers including the risk of seizure, risk of a lack of completion by the holding party, risk of inappropriate value calculations, risk of transferring scam or value-less tokens.

TVEso24_Haraminac.pdf

Oct 2024

Cryptocurrency in Litigation Series, Part 5

This article assesses various blockchain tracing tools and informs the potential user of considerations that must be made in the selection, use, and citation of such tools for the preparation and defense of expert opinions in the context of civil litigation.

Crypto Investment Scam image from Mohamed_hassan at Pixabay.

Bitcoin: What a Divorce Attorney Needs to Know image from Mohamed_hassan at Pixabay.