£10K Reward Offered After UK Couple Attacked in Crypto Home Invasion

What happened

Police believe the robbery was planned and targeted, with instructions relayed to the three attackers by a fourth man on a video call. Decrypt News Coins £10K Reward Offered After UK Couple Attacked in Crypto Home Invasion Police believe the robbery was planned and targeted, with instructions relayed to the three attackers by a fourth man on a video call.

In brief UK charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £10,000 for information after a couple were forced to transfer crypto at their home in the West Midlands. A fourth person relayed instructions to the attackers over a video call during the robbery.

Three men forced their way into a West Midlands home and made a couple transfer a large sum of cryptocurrency while a fourth person relayed instructions over a video call, in an attack police believe was planned and targeted. Crimestoppers, an independent charity that takes anonymous crime tips across the UK, is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The appeal went out on Wednesday, more than nine months after the attack.