| Date: | Tuesday 29th April 2025 |
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| Time: | 17:30 |
| Venue: | Zoom Webinar - Registration Required |
| Cost: | Free - Register online to attend |
Join us on 29 April 2025 at 17:30 (GMT) for a 30-minute webinar examining the legal and technical crypto currency provisions and how they are used in practice.
Presenters:
- Meredith Fitzpatrick, Forensic Risk Alliance
- Barnaby Hone, 5SAH Chambers
Looking at:
- How Crypto Currency can be frozen under POCA.
- How these provisions work in practice to combat fraud.
- How investigators can trace crypto-currency to determine the destination of stolen funds.
Register here to attend our Webinar
Meredith Fitzpatrick joined FRA’s Washington, DC office after seven years as a Special Agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She is a subject matter expert in the investigation of cryptocurrency enabled money laundering and computer intrusion incidents, including Russian state sponsored computer intrusions, non-compliant cryptocurrency exchanges, theft of Personally Identifiable Information and Intellectual Property, ransomware, dark-web marketplaces, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes.
At FRA, Meredith uses her investigative experience and deep ties in the crypto and blockchain intelligence industries to develop solutions that support organizations resolving issues associated with cryptocurrency and emerging financial technology. Meredith has used her blockchain expertise to investigate cryptocurrency enabled money laundering, wash-trading allegations, and high-value cryptocurrency thefts.
Barnaby Hone is a barrister with specialist expertise in all types of asset recovery and financial crime (both criminal and civil). He works on all circuits in England and Wales, as well as being regularly instructed on international matters. He is regularly instructed as a Junior alone or as a leading Junior in complicated matters. He represents Defendants, third parties, and a range of law enforcement agencies (including the SFO, HMRC and the NCA).
He is regularly instructed in the full range of civil recovery matters (including High Court proceedings, Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders, Asset Detention and Freezing Orders, and Cash Detention and Seizures). He is regularly instructed in complicated Confiscation Proceedings often taking over from previous trial counsel. He also is instructed by Third Parties asserting interests in POCA proceedings (either at the confiscation hearing or at the Enforcement Receiver stage). He is ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, Band 2 & Tier 2, for his expertise within asset recovery matters. Barnaby has contributed to publications on International Asset Recovery and Terrorism Finance.
