Jeffrey Chan and Geraint Ho discuss frauds involving cryptocurrencies and the possible remedies available to scam victims to recover assets, including different types of injunctions. Moreover, they highlight how bankers trust orders and Norwich Pharmacal orders can be used in order to trace funds and then pursuing the scammers in court to obtain and then enforce a judgment against them, or alternatively by obtaining a vesting order or a garnishee application. They conclude the podcast episode by highlighting some UK and Hong Kong court cases, as well as talking about differences between recovering fiat and crypto currencies in the ever-developing methods

Show Notes
01:04 Different types of scams
04:23 Mareva injunctions
05:23 Proprietary freezing injunctions
06:43 Tracking down the funds
09:07 Obtaining and enforcing a judgement
10:35 Court cases: AA vs Persons Unknown
11:24 Court cases: Lavinia Deborah Osborne
12:47 Court cases: Ion Science
13:31 Court cases: Samara v Dan
19:00 Traceability of transactions

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