The Extortion Plot in Connecticut: Murder For Bitcoin
A group of over one dozen Connecticut residents are living in fear these days, as they have had the lives of their families threatened by an extortion plot. It is all over the desire to obtain Bitcoin from Fairfield County residents. The anonymous letters have been received within the last week, and they are threatening to kill the recipient and/or family members unless a Bitcoin ransom is paid by February 13th. Fairfield County law enforcement and the FBI are investigating 14 potential threats, sent to residents' homes in letters postmarked from Austin, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida.....
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