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on a wallet on his phone, they attacked him
and his friend, so they could transfer 18 BTC
to their own wallet using the victim’s phone.
“The police saw bloodstains at the
scene... after further investigation, it
was discovered to be a bitcoin virtual
currency robbery,”
a statement read.
After robbing Tai, the criminals forced
him to drink Kaoliang, a strong Taiwanese
liquor. Their goal was to make it look like he
was involved in a drunken brawl. Their plan,
however, failed as police managed to catch
all four suspects.
Bitcoin robbery
arrested
suspects
Tai and his friend were seemingly lucky, as
someone called the police over the dispute.
While two of the criminals managed to flee
the scene, a third one was detained. The
crooks who fled the scene were later captured
by police.
mastermind behind the bitcoin robbery.
It’s unclear if the bitcoins were returned to
their rightful owner, or if they ever will be.
Following the theft, the criminals could have
used a mixer to hide the stolen funds. Since
they were caught, however, they could be
forced to pay back the victim in fiat. Given
bitcoin’s volatility, it may not be easy to
determine an adequate compensation.
Criminals usually acquire cryptocurrencies
by either stealing from other people after
hacking them online, or using their computer
resources to mine. As covered by Core
Media, Tesla’s cloud was recently used to
mine, while earlier this year cryptocurrency
exchange Coincheck was hacked and lost
over $500 million worth of NEM.
Francisco Memoria
[email protected]
One of them, in an attempt to escape the long
arm of the law, fled to the outlying island of
Kinmen. A fourth suspect, surnamed Shih,
was also arrested. Shih is believed to be the
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