South Korea says Bitcoin on exchanges can be seized in criminal cases
Jan 8, 2026
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by Noor Bazmi
for CryptoPolitan

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South Korea’s highest court said investigators can take Bitcoin stored on cryptocurrency platforms during criminal probes, ending a legal fight that questioned whether digital money counts as something that can be confiscated. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from someone caught up in a money laundering case who argued that Bitcoin kept on an exchange […]
