Two males have held a New York City resident at gunpoint, robbing him of $1,100 in bitcoins on the road, police mentioned. The 28-year-old sufferer organized to satisfy with somebody who reportedly wished to purchase the net forex, The New York Post reported.
The two met, and the alleged purchaser requested the sufferer to return to his automotive, a silver Honda. However, as soon as they had been contained in the automotive, a second man threatened the sufferer with a gun compelled him to switch the bitcoins on-line, and hand over his cellphone.
“It’s still under investigation,” a police spokeswoman instructed CNBC. She added that there was no surveillance video footage of the digital cash stickup out there.
In February, a bitcoin vendor named Dean Katz instructed the New York Observer how he had been mugged at gunpoint by a man who had organized to satisfy him to purchase bitcoins, so the man may gamble on the Super Bowl.
According to Katz, he was compelled to switch $8,500 worth of bitcoin, and was additionally robbed of $3,500 in money.