El Salvador was the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. But it has many detractors – Copyright AFP Marvin RECINOS Two years ago, El Salvador shrugged ...

A former LAPD officer has been convicted over a "$5 wrench attack" after stealing $350,000 in cryptocurrency from a 17-year-old during a home invasion in 2024. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found ...

The state's attention turned to Danbury in late August 2024, as two occupants of a Lamborghini Urus were violently carjacked and kidnapped. In the days that followed, investigators announced that the ...

A 25-year-old California cryptocurrency businessman who dubbed himself “The Godfather,” pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court for his role in a violent August 2024 Danbury, Connecticut, ...

In the latest in a string of violent crypto robberies, a four-person gang held a Canadian family hostage overnight and stole about $2 million CAD ($1.6 million USD) in Bitcoin. The attackers ...

A Missouri man has admitted to taking part in a plot to steal Bitcoin that led to a kidnapping in Danbury in August 2024, according to federal prosecutors. 22-year-old Saif Faiq pleaded guilty in ...

DANBURY, Conn. (WFSB) - A California man admitted in federal court that he helped plan a violent kidnapping in Danbury tied to a massive Bitcoin theft. Adam Iza, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - A man pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court Monday to a charge connected to a 2022 attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping. Saif Faiq, 22, of St. Louis, MO, was involved ...