Ten arrested in Netherlands over bitcoin money-laundering allegations
by Agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#11A5N)
Luxury cars, cash and ingredients to make ecstasy seized as part of international investigation after banks had seen 'large sums of money' being deposited
Dutch police have arrested 10 people in the Netherlands as part of an international investigation into money-laundering through sales of the shadowy virtual currency bitcoin, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Fifteen places were raided Tuesday in eight Dutch towns as part of the investigation, during which luxury cars, cash and the ingredients to make ecstasy were seized.
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