Bitcoin heist in rural England

in #cryptocurrency7 years ago

A cryptocurrency trader living in rural England, in a village that's been the setting of three episodes of a TV drama, was robbed by four guys who broke into his home in the middle of the day and forced him to transfer cryptocurrency.

"Armed robbers broke into a house in a wealthy Home Counties village and forced a cyber-currency trader to transfer a fortune in Bitcoin to them on his computer.

They tied up Ms Jay and put the couple’s baby outside in a pram, before threatening Mr Aston with a gun and forcing him to transfer his Bitcoin into their control."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5320477/Bitcoin-heist-Home-Counties-village-

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omg lol can't believe this was actually real! at least no one was hurt...

I know. It seems likely we'll see more events like this as cryptos become more widely adopted.