Netherlands vs. 419ers

Highlighting the difficulty of proving electronic crimes, a Dutch court ruled that there was insufficient evidence linking 52 suspects individually to evidence of advanced fee fraud found in raids by Dutch police in January. The suspects and the evidence were found in the same locations. However, as none of the computers were actually in use, indeed, they were not switched on, at the time of the raids, there was nothing to show who had been using the computers to commit the crimes. The evidence included an ironing board with a list of names of fake companies and directors.