Publicatiedatum 09-05-2025, 9:57
On 30 April 2025, the Public Prosecution workplace of Frankfurt am Principal – Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Web-kriminalität (ZIT)and the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) seized the server infrastructure of the cryptocurrency swap service “eXch” and shut down the platform. The operation resulted in the confiscation of the substantial quantity of over 8 terabyte of knowledge, together with greater than € 34 million in cryptocurrency.
The directors of eXch are suspected of, together with however not restricted, being concerned in cash laundering and working an unlawful on-line buying and selling platform.
The BKA and the FIOD intently collaborated through the investigation. The FIOD operation was supported by Europol and cybersecurity agency zeroShadow.
A hyperlink to the excellent press launch from the German authorities will be discovered here.
For data: fiod.persvoorlichting@belastingdienst.nl
