CRYPTOCURRENCY CRIME: EXPERTS CALL AT OECD FOR MORE REGULATION, TRAINING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
September 1st, 2018
FINANCIAL crime experts have told a global meeting on blockchain technology that more training and regulation is needed to help governments fight booming fraud associated with cryptocurrencies.
"The reality is that if you want to launder money, cryptocurrencies can help you," Simon Grunwell, deputy director of the fraud investigations service at the UK’s Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), told Fraud Intelligence during a panel on cryptocurrency crime at the OECD Blockchain Policy Forum, in Paris, on August 4-5.
According to Action Fraud, the UK ...
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