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Description: The cryptocurrency ecosystem, despite its incredible technological advancements and disruptive technology, continues to be plagued by illicit actors taking advantage of the less knowledgeable and nascent investor. Complex schemes, usually perpetrated by introductions on social media, promising outside gains and returns, direct novice investors and even more seasoned crypto aficionados to a platform, that is fictitious. Huge gains are displayed in investor accounts, that turn out to be false and completely imaginary. When investors seek the return of their funds and their “gains” they are told that they need to pay outrageous administrative fees”, “taxes” and other ‘costs’ to retrieve their money. Even when such payments are made, their funds are not returned.
With all the direct, peer to peer capabilities and improvements of the blockchain, it remains challenging to retrieve stolen funds from private crypto wallets. These schemers often use mixers, “hot” wallets on exchanges, as part of their scheme, to move and store ill-gotten and stolen funds.
This presentation will address these challenges and provide some possible avenues and solutions to recovery. Robert Appleton has successfully retrieved stolen funds for clients, traced cryptocurrency frauds and sought court intervention to retrieve monies. Robert successfully referred several matters to his former employer, the US Department of Justice, and federal law enforcement. In one recent case, the fraudster was arrested flying into London and extradited back to the United States, where he faces fraud charges related to his cryptocurrency scheme.
Robert can explain the strategies that are employed in the effort to retrieve the stolen crypto. Robert currently represents numerous victims in such efforts and works closely with crypto investigation firms in his efforts.
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An internationally renowned leader in high-profile, cross-border commercial activity, Robert Appleton advises and defends international and U.S. companies, organizations, and individuals in sensitive government investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, and criminal litigation.
Robert is known for his skill in assisting clients with complex cross-border international challenges and potential issues with U.S. regulators. These include Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), complex international fraud, and anti-money laundering investigations and defense, and in OFAC sanctions, CFIUS, global asset recovery, cryptocurrency fraud and recovery, enhanced due diligence of counterparties, and insider trading matters. His experience extends to deep cross-border due diligence of third parties, securities and financial investigations, and whistleblower cases. Robert has led, supervised, or managed more than 1,000 prominent corruption scandal, complex cross-border fraud, and compliance cases spanning 150 countries successfully retrieving more than one billion dollars in stolen assets for clients. Recently, Robert has focused on helping clients navigate the current complex web of Russian and China sanctions environment. Robert has also assisted Latin America-based financial institutions and asset management organizations in recovering funds in the U.S. and abroad, including in the Lava Jato (“Car Wash”) scandal.
With unparalleled and extensive cross-border work, steep experience in OFAC sanctions, FCPA, and AML investigations and defense, and having held senior positions in the U.S. government and the United Nations, Robert maintains strong and effective working relationships with senior government officials at the DOJ, Treasury, and the SEC, Robert solves problems that other lawyers cannot. This experience and his focus on consistently placing clients' goals and needs above all else are invaluable in moving cases forward that might otherwise languish without such an extensive resume. Despite his work's intense nature and complexity, clients praise the ease of working with Robert and his ability to achieve the many successes on their behalf where others may have stumbled.
Robert has held many prominent positions in government and international organizations, including serving more than 13 years as a senior U.S. federal prosecutor in the Department of Justice. He twice received the DOJ's prestigious Director's Award during his tenure. He served in leading enforcement, chief compliance, and legal roles in several international organizations and NGOs, including at the United Nations as chief of the first Anti-Corruption Task Force.
Robert was also lead prosecutor in the DOJ’s case against Pablo Escobar’s principal money launderer, Jose Stroh, and was appointed special counsel and then lead investigations counsel to former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker's Independent Inquiry Committee Investigation into the Iraqi Oil for Food investigation, where he worked closely with Mr. Volcker and supervised the investigations of Saddam Hussein's corruption of the program. At the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Robert served as Director of Financial Investigations and Forensic Audit Deputy Inspector General. In private practice, Robert continues to represent clients in noteworthy national and international cases, investigations, and cross-border matters.
 | | Practice Areas: | | Banking & Finance Law, Information Technology Law & E-Commerce | | | Online Media Type: | | Video | | | Production Date: | | 03/12/2024 | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 1 Hours, 4 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | On Demand | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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