News with the tag "robbery"

In a brazen turn of events in South Korea, a man’s attempt to execute a crypto robbery has backfired spectacularly, leading to his swift arrest. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft quickly unraveled into a deeper plot, exposing the risky underbelly of in-person cryptocurrency transacti...

In a startling turn of events highlighting the darker side of the burgeoning cryptocurrency world, South Korean authorities have made swift arrests in connection with a brazen crypto-related robbery. The incident, which unfolded in South Korea, underscores the growing intersection of digital assets ...

An unnamed Canadian man says he’s been forced to move from one Airbnb to another to evade his suspected kidnappers.

Crypto is a popular target for cybercriminals, who rely on its anonymity and lack of regulation. These crimes often target individuals online through hacking and ransomware. However, there have been a few aggressive crimes in the past that target unsuspecting individuals in person and broad daylight...

Adam Iza, the founder of the crypto trading platform Zort, allegedly paid Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies for information that he used to blackmail a target he intended to rob.

Law enforcement agencies in Bangkok are reportedly looking for four Chinese nationals who broke into a luxury house in the Pathum Thani province and forced their victim to transfer millions of dollars in crypto. Bangkok Post reports that masked suspects, each armed with a gun and knife, broke into t...

In Costa Rica, a band of visiting Israeli tourists became the latest in a long line of victims to a stunning beach city robbery. Eleven visiting Israeli tourists off to a social gathering lost around $700,000 worth of Bitcoin. This is one of the most noteworthy events in the saga concerning the secu...

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.

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 tax records and r...

The CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange says that executives from one of its clients recently fell victim to a multi-million-dollar heist. In a post on social media platform X, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says the executives were lured into traveling to Montenegro for a purported business trip...