{"id":43907,"date":"2021-06-07T19:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=43907"},"modified":"2025-08-31T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:31:35","slug":"dutch-authorities-arrest-suspects-in-cryptocurrency-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/dutch-authorities-arrest-suspects-in-cryptocurrency-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch authorities arrest suspects in cryptocurrency fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch authorities have arrested three men suspected of deceiving investors. This is stated in the department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politie.nl\/nieuws\/2021\/juni\/4\/02-deventer-oplichting-via-cryptovaluta-meerdere-aanhoudingen.html\">\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441-\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0435<\/a> \u0432\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, one of the group&#8217;s members created a cryptocurrency that he advertised on an unnamed platform and on Twitter, attracting investors and driving up the price.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThen, in a short period of time, he sold a large number of coins, rendering them useless,\u201d the police noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The man is also suspected of involvement in deceiving investors using the digital assets ERSO, MALC, EUROP and TulipMania.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, law enforcement found several computers at a warehouse in Deventer used for illegal mining. The department said they had identified the suspects as part of an investigation into the activities of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinhouse.eu.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, Irish police uncovered a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/irish-residents-lose-millions-of-euros-on-bitcoin-investments\">fraudulent scheme to raise investments<\/a> in cryptocurrencies from wealthy individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch authorities have arrested three men suspected of deceiving investors, according to a police press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,718],"class_list":["post-43907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-netherlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43909,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43907\/revisions\/43909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}