{"id":60689,"date":"2022-04-27T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60689"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:47:17","slug":"lawmakers-propose-tougher-penalties-for-crimes-involving-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/lawmakers-propose-tougher-penalties-for-crimes-involving-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers propose tougher penalties for crimes involving cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Legislators of the Russian Federation will develop proposals to strengthen penalties for crimes involving digital currencies, according to Konstantin Tolkachov, head of the council&#8217;s commission on legislative support of national security and anti-corruption, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/obschestvo\/14492183\">\u201cTASS\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said that \u201cunderground currency operations\u201d and the use of cryptocurrencies to finance illegal activities could cause significant economic damage to the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Tolkachov believes that Russian legislation does not adequately address crimes related to digital currencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe legalization of cryptocurrencies creates conditions for a substantial growth of citizens&#8217; investments in a highly speculative instrument that has no underlying collateral and could burst at any moment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vasily Piskarev, head of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, announced work on regulating the status of platforms used for anonymous cryptocurrency turnover:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDigital currency is a value because it is used as a means of payment, but today the law lacks an institute that would ensure the seizure of these virtual values if necessary. This is a gap in the law. This situation must be brought within the framework of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, Russia&#8217;s Prosecutor-General Igor Krasnov stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/russian-prosecutor-general-proposes-incorporating-cryptocurrencies-into-criminal-law\">cryptocurrencies should be included in criminal law<\/a> for investigating theft cases and the possibility of seizure.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers&#8217; council will develop proposals to tighten liability for crimes involving digital currencies, according to Konstantin Tolkachov, head of the council&#8217;s commission on legislative support for national security and anti-corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,27],"class_list":["post-60689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60691,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60689\/revisions\/60691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}