This $4.3M crypto home invasion shows how a single data leak can put anyone’s wallet — and safety — at risk
The playbook was simple enough to work once: dress as delivery drivers, knock on the door, force entry at gunpoint, and extract private keys under threat.
In June 2024, three men executed that script at a residential address in the UK and walked away with more than $4.3 million in cryptocurrency.
Five months later, Sheffield Crown Court sentenced Faris Ali and two accomplices after the Metropolitan Police recovered nearly the entire haul.
The case, documented by blockchain investigator ZachXBT, now sits as a reference point for a question the industry has avoided: what does operational security look like when your net worth lives in a browser extension and your home address is public record?
The robbery unfolded in the narrow window between…
