Technical report offers unprecedented glimpse into how investigators crack devices, pinpoint funds and freeze illicit virtual assets
3-MIN READ3-MINZhang Tongin BeijingPublished: 9:58pm, 1 Jul 2026Chinese police have published a detailed technical report on tracking, seizing, and freezing cryptocurrency – revealing a sophisticated arsenal of forensic tools.Bitcoin, Ethereum and the like may be household names, but they are illegal in China.
A rare technical paper published on June 4 in the journal Forensic Science and Technology offers an unprecedented glimpse into how Chinese law enforcement agencies pursue illicit virtual assets.
The authors – Sun Shengbin of the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau, Lou Yandi of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department’s Criminal Investigation Corps, and their colleagues – outline the process of evidence collection, transaction tracing and asset seizure.
