Crypto blogger Yuri Boytsov had $284 000 stolen in bitcoins
Criminals broke into his house and forced him to hand over the passwords to his wallets
27.02.2023 - 14:00
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What’s new? In Bali, unknown persons robbed investment blogger Yuri Boytsov. According to the Telegram channel Baza, a group of four men attacked Boytsov at his villa, forcing him to unlock his phone and give them the passwords to his crypto wallets. According to Boytsov, the robbery involved an Indonesian man in a police uniform, a man in a balaclava, and “two men of Caucasian appearance.”
What else is known about the robbery? The attackers claimed that the blogger had “ripped someone off” and demanded to give them money. After refusing, they beat Boytsov and forced him to transfer $284 000 in bitcoins to their accounts. Given that the transactions were for large amounts, the criminals had to go through verification with a picture of the blogger with his passport, which was sent to customer service.
Police reportedly managed to find one of the suspects in the attack, but he denies his guilt and claims that Boytsov is a fraudster himself and is to blame for what happened.
Last July, in the village of Kuchino, near Moscow, unknown offenders robbed a mining farm that was located on the warehouse premises of the VkusVill supermarket chain. According to a security guard, armed, masked criminals broke into the premises through the fence and handcuffed the farm’s guards, and stole 100 video cards.
And in November 2021, a Moscow crypto trader was robbed while trying to sell $1 million worth of stablecoins. He met with a buyer he already knew in the office, where he transferred the tokens in exchange for cash. After that, unidentified men broke into the office and took a bag containing the money.
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