A New York woman in the middle of a divorce from her partner hired a forensic accountant to help her locate the loot of 12 Bitcoins.
A man pretended to hide 12 Bitcoins from his wife since he did not want that loot to enter the division of assets. Finally a forensic expert discovered it. Her doubts arose because her husband assured that he earned $3 million a year but the assets had no correlation with what was accumulated during the years of marriage.
The couple in question had been married for 10 years. but the woman suspected that her husband did not reveal all his assets. That’s why the woman hired a forensic accountant, who eventually discovered that her husband had failed to declare 12 BTC — worth about $500,000 — stored in an undisclosed cryptocurrency wallet.
Sarita said that “it never crossed my mind, because we didn’t talk about it or invest together. It was definitely a shock,” she said. As a result, the woman’s husband will have to part with some of his BTC holdings.
Nick Himonidis, a New York researcher, revealed that “cryptocurrency and blockchain forensics have become an important part of his job.” He estimated that 25% of their divorce cases involve the investigation of crypto assets. And he pointed out that this activity is what is growing the fastest in his profession.
Likewise, from another part of the United States, Texas, divorce lawyer Kelly Burris indicated that around 40-50% of the asset division cases you see involve the discovery of cryptocurrencies.
Experts consulted in this case clarified that as long as it can be proven that the spouse has cryptocurrencies, that is usually enough for a judge to order the recovery. of those funds and the corresponding division in the divorce.
Source: Ambito
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