Armed robbers who stole Russian blogger’s crypto face 15 years in jail – DL News
- Gang accused of stealing $42,000 in crypto, as well as cash and luxury watches.
- Group acted on orders of “mastermind” who remains unidentified, prosecutors say.
- Attacks on crypto holders are becoming more frequent in Russia.
Seven Russians suspected of attacking a Russian blogger and forcing him into sending them crypto worth $42,000 could be jailed for up to a decade and a half each.
All seven suspects, five men and two women, will face charges of committing “an organized robbery on an especially large scale,” prosecutors said in an official statement.
Prosecutors said the gang also stole cash and other private property worth $33,000.
The gang was “acting on instructions from an unidentified mastermind,” prosecutors said.
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