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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch authorities have arrested 12 suspects in two cities as part of a joint U.S./Dutch investigation into a criminal gang operating the so-called "419" e-mail scam.
The arrests took place during raids of seven houses in Amsterdam and neighboring Zaandam this week, and authorities also seized computers and about $30,000 in cash, Amsterdam police said. They said that Americans had lost at least $2.4 million to the gang since the investigation began in September "and likely many times more than that."
The police, in a statement, said the four chief suspects will likely be sent to the United States for prosecution, with the rest to be prosecuted in the Netherlands.
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