Cryptocurrency trader held at gunpoint in UK's first Bitcoin heist

Police are appealing for witnesses following Britain’s first “Bitcoin heist,” in which a trader was held at gunpoint and ordered to transfer the cryptocurrency. 

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police told Mashable that police are investigating the “aggravated burglary” which took place in a residential property in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, on 22 Jan. 

“Officers were called at about 9.40am to a report that offenders had entered a residential property off Reading Road and threatened the occupants. No one was seriously injured during the incident,” the spokesperson said.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Cryptocurrency trader held at gunpoint in UK's first Bitcoin heist