{"id":24795,"date":"2023-11-09T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/swedish-bitcoiners-targeted-by-armed-criminals\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T10:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:25:59","slug":"swedish-bitcoiners-targeted-by-armed-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/swedish-bitcoiners-targeted-by-armed-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Bitcoiners targeted by armed criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Criminals in Sweden are specifically targeting prominent local Bitcoin figures, which appears to be the result of ease of access to personal information and residential addresses in the country.<\/p>\n
Reports from Swedish media outlets LT and Aftonbladet have linked separate robberies in R\u00f6nninge and S\u00f6dert\u00e4lje that appear to have occurred under the same modus operandi. Victims were tied up and physically abused to steal physical and virtual Bitcoin holdings.<\/p>\n
Prominent cryptocurrency proponent Eric Wall, who currently serves as a StarkNet Foundation board member, highlighted the incidents in an X post (formerly Twitter). Wall said the two assault cases indicate that Swedish criminals are actively looking to target Bitcoin users.<\/p>\n
\nthere’s now officially a situation in sweden<\/p>\n
this monday, a middle-aged swedish couple was tied up in their home and robbed by 4 masked men. they were physically abused and threatened with their own kitchen knives. they were tied up for hours and one had to be escorted to the\u2026<\/p>\n