Former Dutch military police officer suspected of using official access to steal cryptocurrency; prosecutors seek 6-month prison sentence

TechFlow reported on November 11 that, according to a November 9 announcement by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM), prosecutors are seeking a 6-month prison sentence for a former investigator with the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (KMar), accusing him of using official access to unlawfully access police systems and steal cryptocurrency worth more than 6000 euros from a traveler.

Prosecutors said that in October 2025, the suspect queried the police system for a traveler who had been screened at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, obtained the 24-word recovery phrase for a crypto wallet stored in the traveler's previous case records, then transferred the wallet assets to a personal account, exchanged them and reinvested in other cryptocurrencies.

The investigation also found that the suspect subsequently queried the victim's police records about 20 times. The individual has since been dismissed, and prosecutors are also demanding that he return the stolen funds to the victim. The case is awaiting a court ruling.

Source: TechFlow