Swedish Bitcoiners targeted by armed criminals
Swedish cryptocurrency proponent Eric Wall has flagged targeted attacks on well-known BTC community members. Criminals in Sweden are specifically targeting prominent local Bitcoin figures, which appears to be the result of ease of access to personal information and residential addresses in the country. Reports from Swedish media outlets LT and Aftonbladet have linked separate robberies in Rönninge and Södertälje that appear to have occurred under the same modus operandi. Victims were tied up and physically abused to steal physical and virtual Bitcoin holdings. Prominent cryptocurrency proponent Eric Wall, who currently serves as a StarkNet Foundation board member, highlighted the incidents in an X post (formerly Twitter). Wall said the two assault cases indicate that Swedish criminals are actively looking to target Bitcoin users. there's now officially a situation in sweden this monday, a middle-aged swedish couple was tied up in their home and robbed by 4 masked men. they were p...