Recently, the incident involving Taiwanese artist Huang Zijia has dominated the news headlines, bringing the issue of child sexual abuse and sexual crimes back into the spotlight for society. The Taiwan version of the “Nth Room,” called “Creative Private Room,” which is suspected of selling illegally obtained voyeur videos and photos to paying members, has also caused public outcry, raising awareness of the significant problem of the spread of such illicit sexual images on online platforms that must be addressed immediately.
In response, Ku Juchun, a technology legislator from the Kuomintang, stated at a press conference that the use of virtual currency by “Creative Private Room” for payment does not mean that virtual currency is a criminal tool. On the contrary, blockchain technology’s public transparency and the identity authentication system of trading platforms can help law enforcement agencies track the flow of funds to illicit platforms and uncover the criminals behind them.
At the press conference, Ku Juchun cited four USDT payment addresses compiled by blockchain author Xu Mingen, revealing that the illicit platform has generated as much as 890,000 U.S. dollars in revenue from 2021 to the present:
– TA2G85LLXqtbcMwwZUKn4gDdQ9EkoHRp8V (currently in use)
– TJxBDgdAmD1NPy6ih4E6RBM4YQWZRACakZ
– TPbRDKYYi5qT3Ayutw6NV31bvNX9zGivZx
– TUQbf1PgWvxKethbrYLFY842UL6Z41RiKC
By tracking the flow of virtual currency through online data, it is clear that the funds have entered exchanges such as Binance, Maicoin, and ACE. If law enforcement agencies cooperate with these exchanges, they can use the KYC information of the receiving accounts to find the true identities of these criminals and completely eradicate their online presence.
