Transactions and financial flows
The work includes analysing transactions and financial flows, and checking how operations involving digital assets are interpreted in the criminal investigation.
Criminal law
Criminal law and digital assets
Legal assistance in criminal cases involving cryptocurrencies, digital assets, trading platforms or blockchain technologies.
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CryptocurrenciesDigital assetsTrading platformsBlockchainDigital walletsExchange platformsTransaction traceabilityFraudMoney launderingDeceptionUnauthorised access to computer systems
What the assistance involves
Transaction analysis
Analysis of the transactions and financial flows that appear in the case file.
How operations are read
Checking how operations involving digital assets are interpreted in the criminal investigation.
Legal and technical issues
Linking the legal issues with how the blockchain, exchange platforms and digital wallets actually work.
Stages we cover
Assistance from the first acts of the criminal investigation, checking the legality of each act and of the evidence.
Proceedings on police custody, pre-trial detention, judicial control and precautionary measures.
Review of the legality of how evidence was taken and of the investigation acts, through motions and objections.
Representation before the court, with analysis of the evidence and the facts of the case.
Assistance and representation on appeal, based on analysis of the case file and of the evidence taken.
Appeal for annulment, revision and appeal in cassation, as provided by criminal procedure law.
“In such cases, the defence requires correlating the legal issues with the technical elements specific to the blockchain, the traceability of transactions and the functioning of exchange platforms or digital wallets.”
Cătălin Chituc
Principal lawyer
Chituc Cătălin Law Office
Fully qualified lawyer · Bucharest Bar
“The quality of the defence depends, above all, on the precision of the analysis and a sound understanding of the case file.”
Cătălin Chituc
Principal lawyer
Chituc Cătălin Law Office
Fully qualified lawyer · Bucharest Bar
“The lawyer–client relationship rests on confidentiality, availability and direct communication.”
Cătălin Chituc
Principal lawyer
Chituc Cătălin Law Office
Fully qualified lawyer · Bucharest Bar
Cryptocurrencies may be the means, the object or the proceeds of the alleged criminal activity. The assistance covers both the technical and the legal analysis of the case file.
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Offences involving cryptocurrencies
The office assists in cases where cryptocurrencies are the means, the object or the proceeds of the alleged criminal activity, concerning:
- fraud
- money laundering
- unauthorised access to computer systems
- deception
- other offences of this kind
The technical side of the defence
In such cases, the defence requires correlating the legal issues with the technical elements specific to:
- the blockchain
- the traceability of transactions
- the functioning of exchange platforms
- the functioning of digital wallets
Tax evasion
Conduct with a tax, financial or accounting dimension: accounting records, inspection reports, expert reports and how the loss was determined.
Drug trafficking
Drug trafficking cases, including cases handled by DIICOT, during the criminal investigation and before the courts.
Commercial law
Commercial contracts, disputes between professionals, recovery of receivables and the commercial side of criminal cases.
Confidentiality and professional secrecy
The lawyer is bound by professional secrecy under Law no. 51/1995. Communications and documents received are handled in confidence, and data from the contact form are processed as described in the privacy notice.
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