Dutch goverment first time Bitcoin seizure

mmorpg · Jan 24, 2014

Just came across this article, had it quickly translated by Google:

OM takes first bitcoins seized
The Public Prosecution Service Northern Netherlands has taken for the first time in a criminal case bitcoins to complete.

The bitcoins were earned by a gang of Groningen and Drenthe trading in ecstasy , reports Newspaper of the North Friday .
A total of 147 bitcoins were seized in April 2013 , when the gang was raided , was equivalent to 20,000 euros . Meanwhile, the value of the bitcoin around 670 euros , which the 147 bitcoins have a value of nearly 100,000. Fluctuates
Probably the gang trafficked drugs on the black market Digital Silk Road , which was taken offline. Early October 2013 MDMA , the active ingredient in ecstasy pills , according to research, the best-selling drug among visitors of Silk Road.
In America there are already bitcoins confiscated . In January, the U.S. Secret Service FBI announced already a large amount of bitcoins to go auction , which was held when reeling Silk Road . The bitcoins would have yielded . Approximately eighteen million total
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Sumary:
Prosecution department has seized 147 Bitcoins from a 'gang' who probably dealing MDMA on the Silk Road.

It's the first time cryptos are seized in The Netherlands. Since Dutch authorities has no intelligence on this black market, FBI must have given it to them. If so this will only be the tip of the iceberg which I find interesting.

Cheers!

Cas · Jan 24, 2014

Thank god I'm not doing anything illegal
Source?

mmorpg · Jan 24, 2014

Cas_M said: ↑

Source?
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Here

Alright, take this source

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