An Italian online gambling pioneer who says he lost more than US$2.3 million in cryptocurrency to fraudsters can sue the alleged perpetrators via blockchain.
In a ruling that is the first of its kind outside the US, a London High Court has given Microgame founder Fabrizio D’Aloia permission to serve legal documents to the nameless fraudsters over the blockchain ledger using a non-fungible token (NFT).
The judgment is significant because it allows victims of cryptocurrency fraud to pursue anonymous criminals through the UK courts.
D’Aloia launched Microgame, not to be confused with software provider Microgaming, in 1996. In 1998, Microgame was one of the first movers into the newly regulated Italian online sports betting market, before subsequently launching online poker, bingo, and casino when they also became legal. D’Aloia stepped down from an executive role within the company in 2013.
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