Add as a preferred source on GoogleDutch Prosecutors Seek Six Months for Ex-Military Police Investigator
They allege he used a 24-word wallet phrase found in police records to transfer more than €6,000 in crypto from a traveler at Schiphol Airport.
Dutch prosecutors said Nov. 9 they are seeking six months in prison for a former Dutch military police investigator accused of taking more than €6,000 in crypto from a traveler at Schiphol Airport.
Prosecutors allege the investigator found a 24-word wallet recovery phrase in a 2023 police record while searching internal systems in October 2025. They say he used the phrase to transfer the traveler’s funds.
They further allege he searched the traveler’s information about 20 times. In February 2026, prosecutors said, he learned through the systems that he had become a suspect.
Prosecutors said the former investigator has been dismissed. They are also seeking repayment of the funds.
Riza Dagoc
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