Kidnapping and extortion are a growing concern in the crypto world, with cases rising alongside the price of bitcoin.

Paul Chowles, formerly an officer at the National Crime Agency, is jailed for more than five years after being found to have ...

Paul Chowles, who formed part of the NCA team which brought the dropout Liverpool John Moores University student down, seized ...

New York Supreme Criminal Court Judge Gregory Carro set bail at $1 million each for John Woeltz, 37, and William Duplessie, ...

A former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer has been jailed for stealing and hiding 50 Bitcoin – now worth £4.4 million – ...

An investigation was launched by Merseyside Police into the stolen Bitcoin and Paul Chowles was arrested in May 2022. Police ...

An officer from the National Crime Agency (NCA) has been jailed for five and a half years after stealing nearly £60,000 worth ...

Paul Chowles admitted stealing fifty bitcoin from Thomas White in 2022 when he was under investigation for running an illegal ...

A former National Crime Agency officer who stole Bitcoin seized from the operator of an illegal dark web marketplace has been ...

New Zealand has banned crypto ATMs as part of a crackdown on unregulated crypto services. Here’s what it means for users, ...

The father-of-three waited 'until the coast was clear' before he began spending £144,000 of the converted cryptocurrency on ...