Four masked robbers accept burst into the abode of a cryptocurrency banker in Moulsford, Oxfordshire and affected him to alteration all of his bitcoins to them “at gunpoint”, The Telegraph letters Sunday, Jan. 28.
According to The Telegraph, this is the aboriginal case of cryptocurrency robbery in the UK.
The abyss entered the abode of a crypto banker and affected him to alteration his absolute Bitcoin stash. The exact bulk of bitcoins baseborn has not yet been specified.
Fortunately, the adventure did not account any austere injuries to anyone. The badge anon launched an analysis into the case, however, no arrests were fabricated as of columnist time.
Due to their almost bearding nature, cryptocurrencies are acceptable an more accepted ambition for robberies.
Back in December 2017, Cointelegraph covered addition case: the managing administrator of the cryptocurrency barter EXMO Pavel Lerner was kidnapped in Kiev by an accumulation of anonymous people. Fortunately, Lerner got out cautiously aloof two canicule later, admitting accepting to pay a bribe of $1 mln in bitcoins.
Another robbery has taken abode in adjoining Russia in mid-January, in which a locally acclaimed cryptocurrency blogger was beggared of $425,000 account of bitcoins. The latest account shows that cases of Bitcoin robbery aren’t bound to Russia and surrounding countries, as alike the citizens of UK can be targeted by the criminals.
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