In brief
- A Scottish court has jailed Robert Barr for eight years for orchestrating an attempted theft of up to £2 million ($2.7 million) in crypto from his prison cell.
- Barr planned for two accomplices to make the victim install AnyDesk so he could take control of the computer remotely and move the funds.
- The plot failed when the victims refused to open their door after spotting the men on their doorbell camera.
A man who directed an attempted £2 million ($2.7 million) cryptocurrency theft from his prison cell has been jailed for eight years by Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary.
Robert Barr, 29, pleaded guilty along with Sean Favier, 26, and Iain Doyle, 37, to being involved in serious organised crime as part of the attempted theft,…
