Three Men in England Break Into Home, Steal Crypto Assets
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Summary
- Three men broke into a home in Birmingham, England, assaulted and threatened a married couple, and stole a substantial amount of crypto assets.
- The group seriously injured the husband, threatened his pregnant wife with a bladed weapon, and forced a crypto-asset transfer before fleeing with high-end watches.
- Police are investigating the case as a premeditated targeted crime, focusing on the possibility that it was an organized break-in aimed at crypto assets.
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Three men in England broke into a married couple’s home, assaulted and threatened them, and fled with a substantial amount of crypto assets and several high-end watches.
West Midlands Police said on October 2 that the men forced their way into a house in Smith's Wood, Birmingham, at about 5:20 p.m. on December 13 last year.
The intruders seriously injured the husband and threatened his pregnant wife with a bladed weapon, forcing them to transfer a substantial amount of crypto assets.
They then stole the crypto assets and several expensive watches before fleeing in a vehicle believed to be a black BMW X3. Police are investigating the case as a potentially premeditated targeted crime.
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