The Moscow bankruptcy court has ordered a bankrupt debtor to provide information about his cryptocurrency holdings. The trustee has requested that his cryptocurrencies be included in the bankruptcy estate. The court will decide if the coins can be used to pay creditors.
Court Orders Debtor to Provide Crypto Details
The Moscow Arbitration Court has ordered Russian citizen Ilya Tsarkov, who has been declared bankrupt, to provide information about his cryptocurrency holdings, RIA Novosti reported from the courtroom. The appointed trustee for the case, Aleksey Leonov, told Rapsi, as translated by Crime Russia:
This is the first recorded attempt to view cryptocurrency as [part of a] bankruptcy estate.
Tsarkov was declared bankrupt in October of last year. The court found that his assets and salary were not enough to pay off the debt of 19 million rubles (~USD$333,000) to Rikas Investment Group.
Citing that Tsarkov had revealed his possession of an online wallet at Blockchain.info, “Leonov demanded that the funds in the debtor’s wallet be included in the bankruptcy estate and Tsarkov be obliged to provide him with the password,” the news outlet elaborated.
Judge Larisa Kravchuk ordered Tsarkov to disclose the balance of his cryptocurrency holdings by February 26 when the court will reconvene and decide whether his cryptocurrencies can be used to settle with creditors.
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