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Subscriber only A DUTCH national accused of being a money mule for a sophisticated crime syndicate that stole more than $3 million from Australian bank accounts, converted it to cryptocurrency and then shipped it offshore has fronted court. Pim Boudewijn Abe de Groot, 22, appeared in Ayr Magistrates Court yesterday facing a charge of dealing with property less than $100,000 that is suspected to be proceeds of crime. Australian Federal Police officers arrested de Groot last month when he attended Ayr Police Station for an unrelated driving matter. The federal charge relates to a three-day period between January 26 and January 29, last year.