"Lawyer: Can IP Addresses Determine Jurisdiction in Virtual Currency Criminal Cases?" (Author: Shao Shiwei) In some virtual currency criminal cases, law enforcement agencies may use the IP address of the suspect when logging into their account as the "crime location," thereby claiming jurisdiction in a different location. However, this rule mainly applies to cyber crimes; if the essence of the case pertains to traditional property crimes such as theft or embezzlement;

Simply using online tools is not sufficient to directly apply the relevant jurisdictional rules. Additionally, from a technical perspective, factors such as dynamic IP address allocation, NAT, and CDN create uncertainties, making it difficult to accurately associate a specific device or location of behavior solely based on the IP address. The evidential strength must be assessed in conjunction with other electronic data. Read more: