In the Netherlands, two citizens arrested for money laundering through cryptocurrencies

Inspectors from the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) arrested two citizens,used cryptocurrencies for money laundering, and confiscated their crypto assets and euros.

According to the joint statement of the UnitedGlobal Tax Enforcement Committee (J5), inspectors from FIOD this week arrested two Dutch citizens. In separate tax evasion investigations, €260,000 in undisclosed cryptocurrencies, more than 6.6 pounds of gold and credit and debit cards were seized from the suspects.

It is believed that one of the suspectsused the now closed cryptocurrency mixing service Bestmixer.io. FIOD and other members of J5 received a large amount of intelligence about illegal operations after the mixer was shut down in May last year. FIOD also obtained a trove of user data, including IP addresses and Bitcoin addresses, which the service shared with other law enforcement at a summit in Los Angeles late last year.

Note that FIOD has become more active.Investigate cryptocurrency crime. Working with tax authorities from the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, which are also included in J5, the service has been exchanging information with them since 2018.

“Operational collaboration within J5 is beginning to bear fruit,” said FIOD CEO Hans van der Vlist.

Let us remind you that in the spring of 2019, FIOD arresteda citizen of the Netherlands for fraud with Bitcoin worth more than $2.2 million. Then the fraudster convinced about 100 people to invest in the purchase of computers for mining the first cryptocurrency, which he, however, never purchased.

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