Man Robbed at Gunpoint for Bitcoin in Brooklyn
People are robbed all the time for all kinds of things. Their expensive watches, cell phones, wallets, you name it. It's only now and then that people are robbed of their bitcoins, and usually this happens through hacking or some other digital means. Not so in the case of a young man who, for whatever reason, decided to sell $1,100 worth (roughly four and change at current rates) via Craigslist. According to CNBC, an unidentified man showed up to the designated meeting place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and soon found himself at the wrong end of two pistols. It was a classic Craigslist....
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An unidentified 28-year-old man was robbed of more than $1,100 in bitcoin at gunpoint in New York City late last month. The robbery took place after the man, from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, met up for an in-person bitcoin sale arranged over online classifieds platform Craigslist on 27th May, according to a report by DNAinfo. A representative for the New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed the report when reached. The NYPD said that the seller was led to a vehicle after meeting up with the presumed buyer. He was subsequently forced, at gunpoint, to transfer his bitcoins to the two....
it appears that Todd Kantor was not the same man as reported previously, but another victim instead. Earlier this month, CCN reported on a nameless man who was held at gunpoint for Bitcoin in Brooklyn, New York. Now he has come forward to another outlet, YouMeAndBTC, and in the below video he is identified as Todd Kantor and describes the events in greater detail. It appears that the story that CNBC and others ran was summarily wrong in some respects, notably how long he was held and how much backstory there was in the events. In the video he says that this has been going on for some time....
Stealing Bitcoin is not confined to computers and hacking anymore. There are some people who would like to do it in the old school fashion. Until now we have been hearing about exchanges and wallets being hacked, or some cybercriminals using ransomware to demand Bitcoin, but now we can add robbing at gunpoint as another effective way of stealing Bitcoin. A man in New York City was relieved of his Bitcoin worth $1100 sometime in the last month. The robbery victim was allegedly trying to sell Bitcoin when thisincident happened. In what is now being called a street-cybercrime, the victim - a....
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