Six Arrested in Money-Laundering Probe Involving Bitcoin
Police have arrested six people in connection with an ongoing international money laundering investigation involving bitcoin. The authorities, which became suspicious following a series of large bitcoin trades, carried out various raids in and near Rotterdam - a city in the south of the Netherlands - leading to the arrests of four people in the country and two individuals abroad. According to a statement, the authorities arrested three men aged between 19 and 23. A fourth suspect was subsequently arrested in Capelle, in the western part of the country. A 24-year-old man was arrested in....
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