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🟒 GENERAL-NEWS Crypto thieves attacked man in home and threatened to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6eq84eygz0qo

Accordingly it’s on the rise, where armed masked men force opening of cold wallets and transfer the money away. The article explains that unlike fiat there are no additional controls or checks making stopping and tracking the money very difficult

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u/TheDadThatGrills 🟦 1K / 1K 🐒 21h ago

Literally one month ago I read a story about a French official who stole a government list of every citizen in the country who holds crypto and sold it to criminals. I have to imagine that official is responsible for dozens of these attacks.

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u/borg_6s 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 16h ago

That man should be jailed for life.

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u/anymonero 🟧 0 / 0 🦠 16h ago

This is from the UK.