liability cryptocurrency
Could someone avoid legal responsibility by transferring crypto coins multiple times between wallets before making an illegal purchase?
<p><strong>Suppose the following scenario.</strong> Someone creates two different crypto wallets without leaving an online trace that links their real identity back to the wallets in any feasible way. Then purchases some amount of cryptocurrency from a public crypto exchange organization with US Dollars and transfers the corresponding coins to one of their wallets. As a legal duty in most countries, the crypto exchange organization must make a private copy of the transaction (to later be provided to the legal authorities when asked). Thus, forming a permanent connection between the person and the crypto wallet that is used in the exchange from a legal-proof point of view. Suppose this person then moves the coins into their secondary wallet and buys illegal stuff with it. Blockchain technology makes a permanent record every time a transaction is made, right. Therefore, the coin that went to illegal stuff could easily be traced back to the first wallet, hence to the person. Could the person avoid legal responsibility in the act of buying illegal stuff by stating <code>I just bought some food from someone with the relevant coins and transferred the coins to their wallet. I'm not responsible for the acts that happened afterward</code> pretending that the wallet that is used in the illegal purchase does not belong to them (the secondary wallet)</p>

<h2>No</h2>
<p>If you break the law you are legally responsible.</p>
<p>Can you make it more difficult for law enforcement to find and prosecute you? Of course, that's why bank robbers wear masks.</p>

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<p>Could the person avoid legal responsibility in the act of buying illegal stuff</p>
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<p>If they avoid being <strong>caught</strong>, surely they will avoid legal responsibility.</p>
<p>Will they avoid being caught? That's a question of crime planning, not a question of law.</p>

<p>This is called Crypto swapping and there are many services that are set up to do precisely this(for a %of the swap as commission):
<a href="https://darknetone.com/top-6-anonymous-crypto-exchanges-with-no-kyc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://darknetone.com/top-6-anonymous-crypto-exchanges-with-no-kyc/</a>
<a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/5-of-the-best-crypto-swapping-services/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://news.bitcoin.com/5-of-the-best-crypto-swapping-services/</a></p>
<p>And no, it'll not allow you to avoid legal responsibility, just make it harder to get caught.</p>
