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4 suspects forced a Bitcoiner to transfer BTC before killing him, police say
30.7.2024
Kyiv Police and the nation’s special police unit have arrested and detained four suspects believed to be responsible for the foreign national’s murder
Escaped South Korean Criminal Suspect ‘Used Weapon to Rob OTC Crypto Buyer’
18.4.2024
An escaped South Korean criminal suspect reportedly stole almost $362,000 worth of cash in an armed robbery on an OTC crypto buyer.
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Spate of Robberies Targeting Swedish Bitcoiners Linked to the Country’s Unfit Privacy Laws
15.11.2023
A bitcoin-owning Swedish couple was recently the latest victim of robbers that appear to target prominent bitcoin and crypto personalities. One social media user said the spate of robberies may be linked to Sweden’s antiquated privacy laws which make it easy for criminals to obtain...
Binance Client Execs Abducted and Forced to Empty Crypto Wallets, CZ Freezes Funds
13.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Executives from a client company of Binance were kidnapped to Montenegro and lured into a massive $12.5 million crypto robbery. According to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO of Binance, the kidnappers lured senior staff from one of Binance’s client companies onto a ‘business trip’...
Dashcam Footage Shows Cops Ignoring Robbery To Play Pokémon Go
11.10.2023
Newly released dashboard camera footage shows two Los Angeles Police Department officers ignoring an active robbery in order to catch some rare creatures in Pokémon Go. The footage shows how the driver ignored stop signs, sped through quiet residential areas, and drove the wrong way down a one-way...
‘Crypto Debt’ Drove South Korean College Student to Armed Robbery
21.8.2023
A South Korean man has been handed a suspended jail term of almost three years after he was found guilty of armed robbery “to clear a crypto debt.”
According to the South Korean media outlet WowTV, the unnamed criminal was 22 years old and had amassed debts of over $37,000 due to “failed...
Canadian Police Warn of Surge in Home Invasion-Style Robberies Targeting Affluent Crypto Investors
22.7.2023
Canadian law enforcement reports that affluent cryptocurrency investors have become targets of home invasion-style robberies. Both Delta Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Richmond have issued warnings after having dealt with multiple robberies involving prominent cryptocurrency investors...
Canadian police warn crypto investors on growing home robbery trend
21.7.2023
Perpetrators have impersonated delivery drivers in order to break into the homes of victims to steal cryptocurrency
Russian Court Sends 3 Crypto Robbers to Strict-Regime Prison
7.3.2023
Three Russians are going to spend time in high-security prison for stealing over a million U.S. dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from another man. In addition, the court has also ordered them to fully compensate the victim for the damages, prosecutors announced. Robbers Get Prison Sentence...
GameStop Offers $5,000 Reward To Stop PS5 Crime Spree
23.2.2023
The good thing about the PlayStation 5 shortage being over now is that people who want the consoles can finally buy them. The bad news is that it’s also apparently led to an uptick in GameStop robberies as thieves target the pricey and easy-to-flip consoles. GameStop’s answer? A $5,000 reward...
Court to Try 2 Russians for Stealing 86 Bitcoins From Crypto Miner
16.2.2023
Two residents of the Russian city of Tomsk will be tried for “large-scale robbery” involving the theft of cryptocurrency worth millions of rubles from a local miner. The digital coins were stolen from the owner at gunpoint, authorities said, adding that both criminals are now...
GameStop Manager Fired After $5,000 PS5 Robbery
2.2.2023
Only one person was on shift at the GameStop in Easton, PA when two men tried to rob it last month. Outnumbered and told to put their hands up, the employee backed off as the thieves unloaded $5,000 worth of PlayStation 5s from the back room. A week later, GameStop allegedly fired the 13-year...
Retro Game Consoles Stolen In Literal Highway Robbery
8.12.2022
The CEO of the company behind some of the best retro consoles on the market has announced on their website than an entire shipment of units, due for release all over the world, has been stolen in a robbery in the UK.Read more
Gaming Store Robbed At Gunpoint Months After $14,000 Burglary
26.10.2022
This Monday, a man with a gun robbed a popular video game store in Seattle, Washington. No one was hurt, though the store owner is worried that the thief might return. He is still currently at large.Read more
Nomad DeFi Bridge Drained of At Least USD 150M in 'Chaotic' 'Decentralized Robbery'
2.8.2022
Cross-chain messaging protocol Nomad, which allows users to send and receive tokens between different blockchains, was drained of at least USD 150m after experiencing a security exploit that allowed bad actors to spoof messages. ...
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Masked Men Rob Large Crypto Mining Farm Near Moscow
21.7.2022
Armed robbers have plundered a large crypto mining facility not far from the Russian capital, local media reported. The unidentified perpetrators stole dozens of video cards in the latest incident involving theft of coin minting hardware, which has been on the rise in Russia. Unknown Attackers...
FBI Arrests 2 Men Planning ‘Violent’ Robbery of Bitcoin Worth Millions of Dollars — They Face 20 Years in Prison
28.6.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested two men who participated “in a violent plan to break into a family’s home in the middle of the night” to steal bitcoin worth tens of millions of dollars,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. They could go...
Norwegian Police Warn Crypto Owners After Armed Robbery in Sweden
2.5.2022
Police in Norway have issued a warning to crypto owners, saying they should take measures to ensure their own security with things like multi-signature (multisig) solutions and alarm systems. The warning comes after a couple in Sweden in late April were assaulted and forced to hand over crypto...
ApeCoin price breakout stalls after $2.4M BAYC NFT robbery — What's ahead?
26.4.2022
APE price now risks crashing by almost 20% from today's price based on its rising wedge pattern
Thief Breaks Through Card Shop Wall And Steals $250,000 Worth Of Pokémon Cards
20.2.2022
A locally-owned game and card shop in Forest Lake, Minnesota was robbed by a lone thief in the middle of the night on February 10. The man escaped with $250,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards and cash.Read more