| December 29, 2014 |
Hal Finney |
Santa Barbara , California |
Bitcoin developer SWATted after months of harrassment & extortion |
| January 3, 2015 |
Amanda McCollum |
Atlanta, Georgia |
BTM thieves strike smoke shop, fire gun |
| January 22, 2015 |
Martin Wismeijer |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Thieves steal 2 bitcoin ATMs |
| February, 2015 |
Dean Katz |
New York, New York |
Bitcoin trader robbed of $12,000 at gunpoint |
| May 27, 2015 |
Dwayne Richards |
New York, New York |
Firefighter kidnapped, robbed of $1,100, & stabbed by crypto thieves |
| November 16, 2015 |
Robert Nederhoed |
Delft, Netherlands |
Thieves steal bitcoin ATM containing 2,000 EUR |
| July 11, 2016 |
Tadas Kasputis |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
Cryptocurrency executive kidnapped at car wash |
| July 25, 2016 |
Steve Manos |
West Palm Beach, Florida |
Bitcoin trader robbed of $28,000 at gunpoint |
| August 14, 2016 |
Multiple |
Toronto, Ontario |
Police arrest teens in string of bitcoin-related robberies |
| November 6, 2016 |
Tivoli Brasserie |
Oudenbosch, Netherlands |
Dutch Bitcoin ATM Owner Laughs at Thieves Who Took His Machine |
| February 16, 2017 |
Josoj |
London, England |
Description of robbery during Localbitcoins trade with Bitcoins Uncensored interview and the robber's side of the story. |
| February 26, 2017 |
Rocelo Lopes' wife |
Florianopolis, Brazil |
Wife of crypto exchange owner kidnapped and ransomed |
| March 14, 2017 |
3 Indian Bitcoin traders |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
3 Emiratis pose as cops, kidnap victims and rob them of 25 BTC |
| June 17, 2017 |
Miyuki Noda |
Gifu, Japan |
Woman strangled, attacker takes 100,000 yen worth of BTC |
| September 4, 2017 |
Alexey Sherstne |
Kiev, Ukraine |
Man tortured for $50k in Bitcoins |
| October 16, 2017 |
Jameson Lopp |
Durham, North Carolina |
Bitcoin developer SWATted & extorted |
| October, 2017 |
Multiple |
Toulouse, France |
4 bitcoin traders robbed at gunpoint |
| October, 2017 |
Multiple |
Los Angeles, California |
"Discount Bitcoin Bandits" committed 5 robberies at gunpoint |
| November 4, 2017 |
Unidentified |
New York, New York |
Man robbed of $1.8M of ETH |
| November 15, 2017 |
Unidentified |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Gang stole $2.83M in BTC from businessman |
| December, 2017 |
Unidentified |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
600 Bitcoin ASICs stolen Follow-up Story |
| December 26, 2017 |
Pavel Lerner |
Kiev, Ukraine |
Bitcoin exchange owner kidnapped & ransomed |
| January 3, 2018 |
"Dallas" |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Convicted felon accused of firing gun inside downtown Milwaukee condo during Bitcoin sale |
| January 14, 2018 |
Pavel Nyashin |
Leningrad Oblast, Russia |
Blogger Who Boasted About Crypto Wealth Beaten and Robbed For $425k |
| January 15, 2018 |
Maxsim Latsoka & Anna Nikurina |
Phuket, Thailand |
Russian gang steals 100,000 Euros in BTC from young Russian couple |
| January 18, 2018 |
____ Lee |
North Point, Hong Kong |
Bitcoin trader lured to bogus meeting and robbed of HK$1.4M |
| January 23, 2018 |
Canadian Bitcoins |
Ottawa, Canada |
Failed armed robbery attempt of Canadian bitcoin exchange |
| January 27, 2018 |
Danny Aston & Amy Jay |
Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England |
Armed home invasion of Bitcoin trading firm owner |
| January 29, 2018 |
Unidentified |
Cumming, Georgia |
Five men arrested for planning armed home invasion of bitcoin owner |
| January 2018 |
Unidentified |
Odessa, Ukraine |
Several men pose as bitcoin sellers, beat and rob buyer of 1.5 Million UAH ($57,000 USD |
| February 9, 2018 |
Sailesh Bhatt |
Amreli, India |
Police Officers Beat, Extorted 200 BTC from Businessman |
| February 21, 2018 |
____ Tai |
Taichung, Taiwan |
Four men assault bitcoin seller & transfer 18 BTC |
| February 23, 2018 |
Yury Mayorov |
Moscow, Russia |
Crypto Developer Beaten, Robbed Of 300 BTC |
| February 23, 2018 |
Unidentified |
Moscow, Russia |
Crypto investor has face mutilated, robbed of $1M in BTC |
| March 2018 |
Undisclosed woman |
Killingly, Connecticut |
2 women invaded home of another woman who had opened a "Bitcoin account" in the name of one of the attackers and used it to steal her money. |
| March 2018 |
Unidentified Miner |
Kiev, Ukraine |
Miner kidnapped, extorted for $50,000. Kidnappers caught 8 months later. |
| March 22, 2018 |
Multiple gas stations |
Irving & Mesquite, Texas |
Robbers douse clerks with pepper spray, steal from Bitcoin ATMs in Irving and Mesquite |
| April 8, 2018 |
Pang Joon Hau |
Singapore |
Man seeking to buy BTC robbed of $365,000 |
| April 11, 2018 |
Ryan Rice |
Miami, Florida |
Bitcoin buyer shoots robber in self defense |
| April 25, 2018 |
2 unidentified Asian brothers |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Gang of 10 robbed two brothers of AED 7m ($1.9m) in cash who were looking to buy Bitcoin |
| June 6, 2018 |
Unidentified 22-year-old |
Milan, Italy |
Robbers attempt bitcoin purchase with counterfeit money, beat victims and fire gun, take 50,000 euros |
| June 13, 2018 |
"Synth" |
China |
Home invasion of Skycoin architect resulted in theft of 18.88 BTC and 6,466 SKY |
| June 19, 2018 |
Unidentified |
Wels, Austria |
$250,000 in cryptocurrency taken by robbers posing as postmen |
| July 6, 2018 |
Austin Nedved |
Northborough, Massachussetts |
Armed home invasion of Localbitcoins trader |
| September 7, 2018 |
Nicholas Truglia |
New York, New York |
Friends accused of torturing pal to steal his cryptocurrency |
| November 16, 2018 |
Andrew ______ |
Lanseria, South Africa |
Bitcoin trader drugged, beaten, and tortured before transferring BTC to attackers |
| February 10, 2019 |
Tjeerd H. |
Drouwenerveen, Netherlands |
Bitcoin trader tortured with drill |
| March 12, 2019 |
Costcutters |
Far Cotton, Northampton, England |
Bitcoin machine stolen during robbery |
| May 14, 2019 |
Undisclosed |
Oslo, Norway |
Bitcoin millionaire escapes armed home invader by jumping off balcony |
| June 30, 2019 |
Luftan Shaikh, Mohammad Shazad, Malang Shah |
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Criminal Gang Abducts & Tortures Cryptocurrency Traders, Demands 80 BTC Ransom |
| July 15, 2019 |
Bitcoin Exchange |
Sparkhill, Birhingham, England |
Masked raiders hold up Bitcoin Exchange in front of dozens of witnesses |
| July 26, 2019 |
Unidentified |
Wels, Austria |
Man raided in office (en) |
| August 26, 2019 |
Abdul Shakoor |
Dehradun, India |
Kingpin of Kerala bitcoin scam murdered in Dehradun |
| November 19, 2019 |
Simply Delicious Food Market |
Vernon, British Columbia |
Thieves break into BTM |
| January ?, 2020 |
Iroro Wisdom Ovie |
Abraka, Nigeria |
Man shot & killed by home invaders seeking $10,000 in bitcoin |
| January 8, 2020 |
Mark Cheng Jin Quan |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Blockchain advisor kidnapped, held at gunpoint, extorted for $60,000 in bitcoin |
| January 21, 2020 |
Mayfair Quick Mart |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2 men break into BTM, steal cash box |
| May 19, 2020 |
Exxon Gas Station |
East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania |
2 subjects pry open BTM in broad daylight |
| October 7, 2020 |
Mike's Produce |
Kelowna, BC, Canada |
Botched Bitcoin theft destroys deli |
| October 22, 2020 |
Undisclosed |
Riga, Latvia |
Man arrested for planning kidnapping and killing owners of cryptocurrencies |
| December ?, 2020 |
Undisclosed |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
4 Ukrainian men attack Bitcoin buyer with deoderant |
| December 24, 2020 |
Undisclosed |
Ternopil, Ukraine |
Man kidnapped and tortured for $800k |
| January 5, 2021 |
37 year old man |
Chai Wan, Hong Kong |
Robbers take US$387,000 in cash, 15BTC from man after in-person trade |
| January 18, 2021 |
Unidentified Woman |
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong |
Gang snatches HK$3.5 million from trader at knifepoint |
| January 23, 2021 |
Physical Exchange Employees |
Osztyn, Poland |
Two employees shot at physical Bitcoin exchange FlyingAtom |
| February 4, 2021 |
Married Couple |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Armed robbers invade home and force owners to hand over 1M+ SEK in BTC |
| February ?, 2021 |
Swiss & German |
Gujranwala, Pakistan |
Armed robbers take $93k in BTC at gunpoint |
| March 16, 2021 |
German trader |
Munich, Germany |
Bitcoin-Raub in München: Täter erbeuten virtuelles Geld im Wert von knapp 100.000 Euro |
| March 18, 2021 |
"F.T." |
Mendoza, Argentina |
Armed robbers steal iPhone, $5k at gunpoint |