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The Netherlands arrested the developer of a cryptocurrency service for “money laundering”

The app developer is believed to have benefited from money laundering on the platform. | Font: Photo by Kanchanara on Unsplash

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Estimated service developer cryptocurrencies TornadoCash was arrested in Netherlands, on charges of money laundering.

A 29-year-old man is under investigation by the Tax Information and Investigation Service for “participating in concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering through a mixture of cryptocurrencies”.

Tornado Cash and it’s up to him

According to the Dutch organization, the platform TornadoCash used to conceal the flow of criminal funds on a large scale, including illegal profits from fraud and hacking cryptocurrencies.

The agency found that at least $1 billion has been funneled into the platform since it launched in 2019. cryptocurrencies “of criminal origin” through Tornado Cash, and it is believed that the creator of the service “received a large profit from these transactions.”

The subject, whose name has not been released, was supposed to appear in court a few days ago, but did not appear in court.

The app has already been sanctioned

Earlier this week, the US government imposed sanctions Tornado Cash, a measure that prohibits anyone in the country from making transactions on the service.

The Treasury Department said that more than $7 billion worth of cryptocurrencies were laundered through it. Tornado Cash, including $455 million stolen by the Lazarus hacker collective, which is allegedly backed by the North Korean government.

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