The victim claimed he spoke to two of the suspects online and agreed to meet them to make the bitcoin transaction in person. Photo: Reuters
The victim claimed he spoke to two of the suspects online and agreed to meet them to make the bitcoin transaction in person. Photo: Reuters
Crime
Hong Kong /  Law and Crime

Robbers steal more than HK$3 million in bitcoin from trader, escape after kicking him out of car on Hong Kong hillside

  • Victim was paid in cash after bitcoin transaction, then driven to Chai Wan where money was promptly taken back
  • Police looking for six suspects of non-Chinese ethnicity, aged around 30

Topic |   Crime
Clifford Lo
Clifford Lo

Updated: 11:51pm, 5 Jan, 2021

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The victim claimed he spoke to two of the suspects online and agreed to meet them to make the bitcoin transaction in person. Photo: Reuters
The victim claimed he spoke to two of the suspects online and agreed to meet them to make the bitcoin transaction in person. Photo: Reuters
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