Bitcoin Buyer Robbed of $28,000 at Knifepoint

Bitcoin Buyer Robbed of $28,000 at Knifepoint

32-year-old Steve Manos of Lake Worth, Florida was robbed at knifepoint as he attempted to buy $28,000 in bitcoin earlier this week. On a late Sunday night this week, Steve Manos thought he was partaking in a routine bitcoin sale with two men he had done business with in the past. Manos was looking to buy bitcoin from the two individuals for $28,000 in cash and met with the two individuals in his car. It all went wrong after. As reported by the Sun-Sentinel, a regional news service in Miami, 32-year-old Steve Manos from Palm Beach County in Florida met with two individuals in the parking....


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