In practice, if they confirmed the wallet address they can see if the money is ever moved. If it is, they can charge the guy again.
And if he sells the whole wallet in the future, the buyer is likely to touch it, proving known access.
Sounds like the only way around it is to wait for the statue of limitations.
I am not sure how the law stands here, especially in Germany, but if using stolen assets is or is made a crime, waiting out a statute of limitations on the original crime may not be useful to him.
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In practice, if they confirmed the wallet address they can see if the money is ever moved. If it is, they can charge the guy again. And if he sells the whole wallet in the future, the buyer is likely to touch it, proving known access.
Sounds like the only way around it is to wait for the statue of limitations.
I am not sure how the law stands here, especially in Germany, but if using stolen assets is or is made a crime, waiting out a statute of limitations on the original crime may not be useful to him.
Ah, but they would also need to prove that he accessed it, wouldn’t they?
Teams dealing with tax fraud know how to do that.