Bitcoin Bandits Hit Atlanta Smoke Shop to Flee With Bitcoin ATM

Bitcoin Bandits Hit Atlanta Smoke Shop to Flee With Bitcoin ATM

In what may very well be the first stateside crime of its kind, two bold thieves walked up to a targeted smoke shop in Atlanta. One of them was armed. The other stole a Bitcoin ATM. Two hooded thieves made their way to the Village Smoke Shop on Juniper Street to steal a Bitcoin ATM on Tuesday evening. A surveillance camera at the store captured the robbery in its entirety. Store manager Amanda McCollum approached them as they struggled to drag the machine away when one of the thieves drew a handgun to shoot at the floor. The thief did not realize that. Speaking to local news outlet....


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