Fake Police Officers Held French Couple at Knifepoint in $1M Bitcoin Robbery
From decrypt.co
Authorities in the Versailles area are searching for three suspects after a home invasion in which attackers allegedly posed as police and stole crypto. A couple in their late 50s were forced to transfer roughly €900,000 (about $1 million) in Bitcoin after three men posing as police entered their home in Le Chesnay, near Versailles, according to French broadcaster TF1. The suspects allegedly gained entry by identifying themselves as police officers before pulling a knife and threatening to stab the woman unless her partner sent Bitcoin to a wallet they controlled, TF1 reported, citing sources close to the ...
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