Details emerge on the NYC Bitcoin torture case, where John Woeltz allegedly tortured Michael Carturan to obtain his crypto ...

All, authorities allege, were victims tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from behind computer ...

A crypto investor was arrested for kidnapping and torturing an Italian man for weeks to steal his Bitcoin password.

The US has reported the highest number of crypto kidnapping cases since 2019, despite a recent spike in France. Victims often ...

Officers with the ICAC Task Force were able to track down one website and discover illegal material. The Internet Watch ...

Crypto investor arrested in Manhattan for a violent bitcoin crime after holding a man captive to steal his wallet password ...

The New York assault is the latest addition in a growing list of violent attempts to steal crypto through physical coercion.

The rise in crypto-related crime incidents show that crime is changing everywhere, says Bloomberg Opinion's Lionel Laurent.

Almost 60,000 Bitcoin addresses tied to LockBit’s ransomware ... victims and the ransomware organization. Related: Crypto crime in 2024 likely exceeded $51B, far higher than reported ...

On May 9, 2025, an American tourist visiting London fell victim to a crypto-targeted mugging, losing $123,000 in Bitcoin. The ...