Taking Down a Multi Million Dollar Money Laundring Machine Online - the Ledger of Cybercriminals

In May 2019 the FIOD and the Public Prosecution of the Netherlands took down a cryptocurrency mixer, Bestmixer.io. This was the first public seizure of cryptocurrency mixing services. Multiple services where seized. The investigation has led to multiple other mixers to be shut down voluntarily. More importantly, the seizure includes all the transactional information, going back to the very start of this mixer. Therefore, the seizure is not the end of a criminal investigation: it is the starting point for a range of international criminal investigations on money launderers and cybercriminals.