Four armed masked miscreants broke into the house of the crypto-currency trader in Oxfordshire in England and, threatening with murder, forced him to transfer to them a large sum in bitcoins. Express writes about this.
It is reported that the robbery occurred last week in the city of Moulsford. Unknown infiltrated the trader's house in the early morning, tied his wife, and the child who was in the carriage was thrown out the door.
The exact amount of the stolen crypto currency is not called, but, as the newspaper writes, it is a question of the whole "state".
Despite all the efforts of the police to search for intruders, including the airborne helicopter, it has not been possible to find their location yet.
Nevertheless, according to representatives of the analytical agency Explain The Market, the robbers will not easily cash out the stolen bitcoins.
"Most likely, these criminals have decided to take advantage of the current popularity of bitcoin. But, depending on how much they stole, these coins can be compared to possessing a rare picture. To exchange large sums for traditional money and not attract attention to them will be very difficult, "- said the representative of the agency.
According to law enforcement agencies, this is the first robbery in the UK of this kind.
Earlier, in January, an attempt was made to rob the Bitcoin-Exchange office of the Canadian Bitcoin in Ottawa. However, to steal anything to intruders and it was not possible.