North: two million in cryptocurrency and gold, found with a couple from Cambrésis

An almost virtual Ali Baba cave.The gendarmes of the Cambrai research brigade in the North got their hands, last week, on an extraordinary jackpot during searches.They made it possible to seize, in a couple and to the homes of members of their entourage, in Cambrésis, 1.5 million euros in crypto-actives, as well as 10 kg of gold in ingots, and more than 250 pieces of'gold and money, for a total amount estimated at 500.Euros.

The accused, a 43 -year -old man and a 47 -year -old woman, are suspected of money laundering thanks to the singular mechanism they had set up.Gains were obtained by speculating on cryptocurrency brokerage platforms - which is authorized - but they have never been declared, which is less so.

A singular operating mode

The couple was placed in police custody forty-eight hours, before being released.Well almost.The husband has been incarcerated since 2019 for drunkenness and without a license.

It was the cybergendarmes of the Villeneuve-d'Ascq research section, specialized in the financial field, put their finger on the operating mode of money transfers set up by the duo.In this mission, they were supported by another gendarmerie service: the regional cell of criminal assets in the North.

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A disproportionate standard of living

The survey starts at the end of 2019."At the time, the main accused was heard by a magistrate in the context of his road litigation.This man then reports on a disproportionate standard of living with regard to his declared activities, which aroused attention, "said the gendarmerie, in a press release.

Quickly, the investigations confirm that the person concerned owns with his wife of five houses and deposits of species and cryptive actives, unrelated to their official income.

"Cyberencuers eventually establish that significant gold purchases are made on the bitcoin web and physically delivered to his home.They also discover that gold is then sold abroad, especially in shops in Belgium, "added the gendarmerie.The respondent is suspected of having acted in prison with the complicity of his wife.

Darknet investigation

But where do Bitcoins come from and how did the network set up?This is what cybergendarmes continue to seek without favoring a hypothesis."The interest of this case is that it allows us to hang an underground place of the web called the Darknet where illicit transactions take place," adds a source.

The investigation continues to try to operate the digital media seized during searches and update all transactions.