In El Salvador, bitcoin is already an official and legal tender, as the only country in the world. The Netherlands is still a long way from that, but the cryptocurrency is still in the spotlight here, also among cyber criminals in the Utrecht region. A few days ago, a 39-year-old Veenendaler was arrested for laundering tens of millions in cryptocurrencies. But why is a currency like bitcoin so attractive to cybercriminals and how do they actually use it?
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