In brief
- A Trinidad man was ambushed by two gunmen and robbed of $85,800 in cash during an in-person crypto purchase on November 29.
- The attackers fled with the money and both men’s phones in a getaway car, as per a local media report.
- An expert told Decrypt that “wrench attacks” and related violence are now occurring roughly once per week worldwide.
Two gunmen escaped with about $85,800 in cash after ambushing a crypto buyer during a parking-lot transaction in Trinidad, the latest in a spate of violent attacks targeting digital-asset holders worldwide.
The Arouca resident was sitting in his vehicle at a Superpharm car park on Trincity Central Road last Saturday evening when the robbery occurred, according to a report by local…







