--- id: "rcmp" name: "Royal Canadian Mounted Police" category: "government" jurisdiction: "CA" current_holding_ltc: 10764.81643445 as_of: "2026-05-28" method: "on_chain_attribution" last_reviewed: "2026-10-04" is_fixture: false canonical_url: "https://litecoinregister.org/entities/rcmp/" json_url: "https://litecoinregister.org/api/v1/entities/rcmp.json" csv_url: "https://litecoinregister.org/data/entities/rcmp.csv" observations: 3 address_count: 1 addresses_csv_url: "https://litecoinregister.org/data/addresses/rcmp.csv" --- # Royal Canadian Mounted Police On September 15, 2025, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) executed a historic seizure against the TradeOgre cryptocurrency exchange, confiscating approximately 56 million CAD in assets. - Category: Government (Seized funds) - Jurisdiction: Canada (CA) - Status: active - Website: https://rcmp.ca/ On September 15, 2025, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) executed a historic seizure against the TradeOgre cryptocurrency exchange, confiscating approximately 56 million CAD in assets. Rather than relying on a standard administrative freeze, authorities executed a physical warrant at the exchange’s data center in Beauharnois, Quebec, where they extracted private keys directly from the server infrastructure. To secure the funds, the RCMP immediately swept the assets into new, government-controlled cold storage wallets, effectively taking the exchange offline and placing the funds under federal custody. On chain analysis, corroborated by leaked court filings, has identified the Litecoin address ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z as the likely holding facility for a portion of these assets. The link between the physical seizure and this digital address is established by a unique numeric fingerprint: the wallet received an inflow of exactly 8,934.501572 LTC on the day of the raid. This specific figure matches the asset inventory listed in the police’s "Report to the Preliminary Judge" down to the sixth decimal place, confirming the transfer corresponds to the custodial movement described in the warrant. Any remaining ambiguity regarding the wallet's ownership was dispelled by an on-chain "tagging" transaction, 45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b, which explicitly labeled the address with an OP_RETURN message reading "Assets controlled by the RCMP / Actifs contrls par la GRC." This immutable digital seal serves as a definitive government warning and confirms the private keys are held by the RCMP’s Money Laundering Investigation Team in Westmount, Quebec. As per the detention order filed with the Court of Quebec, these assets remain legally frozen and dormant until at least September 2026 pending the outcome of the investigation. ## Current holding Royal Canadian Mounted Police held **10,764.81643445 LTC** as of 2026-05-28. - Method: On-chain attribution (`on_chain_attribution`): The summed balance of addresses attributed to the entity. Usually a lower bound. - Sources: [RCMP executes record seizure of more than $56 million in cryptocurrency](https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/09/rcmp-executes-record-seizure-more-56-million-dollars-cryptocurrency); [Litecoin address ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z](https://blockchair.com/litecoin/address/ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z); [forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105); [litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b](https://litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b) ## Holding history All 3 reported figures, newest first. | As of | LTC | Method | Sources | Note | |---|---:|---|---|---| | 2026-05-28 | 10764.81643445 | on_chain_attribution | [RCMP executes record seizure of more than $56 million in cryptocurrency](https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/09/rcmp-executes-record-seizure-more-56-million-dollars-cryptocurrency); [Litecoin address ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z](https://blockchair.com/litecoin/address/ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z); [forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105); [litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b](https://litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b) | | | 2025-09-16 | 8934.50157235 | on_chain_attribution | [RCMP executes record seizure of more than $56 million in cryptocurrency](https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/09/rcmp-executes-record-seizure-more-56-million-dollars-cryptocurrency); [Litecoin address ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z](https://blockchair.com/litecoin/address/ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z); [forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105); [litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b](https://litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b) | | | 2025-09-10 | 0.03563451 | on_chain_attribution | [RCMP executes record seizure of more than $56 million in cryptocurrency](https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/09/rcmp-executes-record-seizure-more-56-million-dollars-cryptocurrency); [Litecoin address ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z](https://blockchair.com/litecoin/address/ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z); [forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105); [litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b](https://litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b) | | ## Sources - **rcmp-news-release**: [RCMP executes record seizure of more than $56 million in cryptocurrency](https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2025/09/rcmp-executes-record-seizure-more-56-million-dollars-cryptocurrency). Royal Canadian Mounted Police, press_release, accessed 2026-10-04. - **blockchair-1**: [Litecoin address ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z](https://blockchair.com/litecoin/address/ltc1qlsvtqkcq3j2rcpn32mxknr64uvekc3mem90x9z). Blockchair, on_chain, accessed 2026-10-04. - **grin-1**: [forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105](https://forum.grin.mw/t/tradeogre-to-watch-tradeogre-offline-a-thread/11950/105). Grin forum, news, accessed 2026-10-04. - **litecoinspace-1**: [litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b](https://litecoinspace.org/tx/45a8f7ee5abb890af39fe143e9f65081a5a0663cad9174bbd3752fb209908a9b). Litecoin Space, on_chain, accessed 2026-10-04. - **addresses**: [Attributed addresses (CSV)](https://litecoinregister.org/data/addresses/rcmp.csv). Litecoin Register, 1 address(es) with label and attribution; the on-chain figures are their summed balance. ## About this record Last reviewed 2026-10-04. 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