I LEFT MY CRYPTO IN SAN FRANCISCO: Thief Steals a Reported $11M In Cryptocurrency, Plus Laptop, In Home Invasion Near Dolores Park.
A robbery suspect posing as a package delivery person forced their way into a victim’s home Saturday evening at gunpoint, and made off with a major crypto haul.
In what was pretty clearly a planned and targeted robbery, San Francisco police say that the suspect knocked on the victim’s door or rang their doorbell near 18th and Dolores streets at around 6:45 pm Saturday, pretending to be a package delivery person.
As the Chronicle reports, when the victim answered the door, the suspect asked the victim to sign for the package, and when the victim went looking for a pen, the suspect brandished a gun and forced their way into the home, tying up the victim with duct tape.
In order to steal cryptocurrency, presumably, the suspect would have had to force the victim to give up their password or other login information, but other details of the crime were not available.
The thief allegedly stole the victim’s laptop, cellphone, and $11 million in cryptocurrency.
The New York Post adds, “The robbery comes amid a rise in violent kidnappings and attempted robberies of crypto investors.”
In March, a group of burglars attempted to steal cryptocurrency from the home of influencer Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa. She earns around $2 million a month from selling videos on OnlyFans and gaming on Twitch.
In May, crypto bros John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, 33, were accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian millionaire, Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, inside a New York City townhouse for his Bitcoin password.
The digital currency is much harder to trace than dollars, and considerably easier for thieves to launder.
“Kidnappings of crypto investors are definitely on the rise,” Steve Krystek, CEO of PFC Safeguards, a personal security company, previously told The Post.
Including, in British Columbia: Bitcoin Heist: Family Members Waterboarded, Sexually Assaulted as Attackers Steal $1.6 Million.