Key Highlights: A victim named Ahmad suffered approximately $14,000 in direct losses after a thief snatched his smartphone in East London. Within hours of the street theft, perpetrators breached multiple crypto platforms—including MetaMask, Phantom, and Bybit—and engaged in unauthorized retail spending and leveraged trading. Ahmad averted complete financial ruin by rapidly freezing payment cards and ...
Key Highlights Thailand’s Supreme Court has determined that Bitcoin qualifies as legal property in criminal robbery proceedings. The ruling stems from a September 2022 incident on Koh Samui where a victim was coerced into converting $50,000 into roughly 2.48 BTC. Judges rejected the defense’s claim that Bitcoin lacks intrinsic value, pointing to national digital asset ...
Key Highlights: A UK-based cryptocurrency trader reported being held at knifepoint during a home invasion, resulting in the theft of roughly $800,000 in digital assets. The victim claimed intruders destroyed his mobile device and forced transfers of $40,000 from a hot wallet alongside $720,000 held on a Ledger hardware wallet. The incident represents another suspected ...