Money Laundering in the IT Era

This article was made with aim to criticize many legal reviews that happened because of the payment towards various property by using virtual currency such a bitcoin or known as cryptocurrency which arose crime method of digital money laundering. The study was implemented with normative method which involved with library study and there also approach in legislation issues along with conceptual approach that is money laundry concept, and cryptocurrency concept. The result of this article was the technology just like two sides of coin which had positive value and negative value. It arose new crime and also renewed the existing crime with more sophisticated concept like the problem that conveyed in this article concerning digital money laundry by using digital media and payment facility with virtual currency which had not had legislation yet and for it needed footprint digital for tracking digital money laundering. Conclusion, there were some lacks in tracking digital money laundering by using footprint digital media that need to be supported by all country and thay have to work together against money laundering with arrangement of anti-money laundering.