New York Firefighter Mugged and Stabbed Over Bitcoins
What is the digital world coming to? An era of hardcore crime has made its way into our little cryptocurrency community and it's giving digital currency enthusiasts a bad name. Dwayne Richards, a New York City firefighter, was recently held up, robbed, and stabbed by thugs who were bent on stealing his bitcoins. Richards allegedly met with the criminals in Brooklyn under the idea that he would be trading bitcoins for cash, but the firefighter was later wounded and left bleeding. He's alive, however, and the prognosis of his condition seems to be promising. Bitcoin-related crimes have taken....
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