Taiwanese police arrest alleged crypto criminal linked to home invasion
The police in Taiwan have arrested a suspected crypto criminal linked to a home invasion in Bernal Heights, California, in 2022. The criminal, identified as Tianze Zhang, was arrested in Taiwan after attempting to flee the country by boat to the Philippines.
According to authorities, the incident began on March 16, 2022, after a masked man broke into the home of Yuchen Shi while she was alone. The man was welding a knife, covering his face with a balaclava, ski goggles, and blue surgical gloves, threatening to harm her if she made a sound or alerted authorities. The criminal forced her to sit on a chair, zip-tied her to the chair, and issued more threats. He didn’t want cash or jewelry; instead, he wanted her to give up her
