Dutch cops cuff alleged AVCheck malware kingpin in Amsterdam

Dutch police believe they have arrested a man behind the AVCheck online platform - a service used by cybercrims that Operation Endgame shuttered in May.

The country's public prosecutor's office (LP) issued a statement on Monday, confirming the arrest of a 33-year-old Dutchman in connection with its investigation into the malware service, without specifying it or the man by name.

Officials said he was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Sunday evening, but did not reveal what he was doing there. The unnamed individual did, however, deregister in the Netherlands around the time of the AVCheck bust and fled to the United Arab Emirates, the LP said.

"The suspect had been under international surveillance for some time when he was arrested by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee at Schiphol Airport on Sunday," it said. "Data storage devices belonging to the man were seized."

The alleged AVCheck mastermind and two ...