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How Bitcoin Became a Criminal’s Favorite Currency
Cryptocurrency has long been pitched as a revolutionary financial tool — but as the shocking kidnapping of NBC's TODAY co-host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, underscores, it’s also become part of how modern criminals try to operate. Multiple ransom notes demanding payment in bitcoin — including a reported demand for around $6 million and, later, one bitcoin for information on the alleged kidnappers — have been sent to media outlets as part of the ongoing investigation into her abduction from her Arizona home. Authorities and experts continue to investigate whether the notes are ... (full story)
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