Men Break into House, Steal Bitcoin at Gunpoint

We have become accustomed to hearing of cryptocurrency being stolen by hackers. It seems fitting that a virtual currency would be preyed upon by virtual criminals.

But in a first for the UK, on Monday last week four men armed with guns broke into the home of a cryptocurrency trader and forced him at gunpoint to transfer Bitcoin to them, according to The Guardian.

The incident took place in the sleepy village of Moulsford, Oxfordshire, at around 9:30 am. The village holds many high-value properties, and police are calling this a “targeted incident”.

According to the Daily Mail, the man’s wife was tied up and the couple’s baby put outside in a pram. After the crime was reported, a police helicopter was scrambled, but the suspects remain at large.

An eyewitness said she saw four young men with hoods up jump over a fence, apparently making their escape from the scene of the crime. She expressed surprise that the crime took place at the hour that it did, because they were bound to be seen parents making the school run.

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