Former Dutch military police officer suspected of exploiting official authority to steal cryptocurrency, prosecutors seek 6-month imprisonment.

on November 11, according to an announcement by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) on November 9, prosecutors are seeking a six-month prison sentence for a former investigator from the Royal Marechaussee (KMar), accusing him of abusing his official authority to illegally access police systems and steal cryptocurrency worth over €6,000 from a traveler.

The prosecution states that in October 2025, the suspect queried a traveler who had been inspected at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport via the police system, obtained the 24-word recovery seed phrase for the traveler’s crypto wallet stored in previous case records, transferred the wallet assets to a personal account, converted them to fiat, and reinvested the proceeds into other cryptocurrencies.

Investigations also revealed that the suspect subsequently queried the victim’s police records approximately 20 times. The individual has since been terminated, and prosecutors are demanding the return of the stolen funds to the victim. The case is pending a court ruling.