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

Crypto investors William Duplessie and John Woeltz were granted home confinement. They're accused of torturing a bitcoin ...

The “crypto bros" who allegedly tortured an Italian millionaire to obtain his Bitcoin password have been granted $1 million ...

Police in New York City arrested a second suspect in the alleged kidnapping of a 28-year-old man who said he was held captive in luxury Manhattan townhouse and tortured for his Bitcoin password.

Wrench attacks against crypto holders are set to hit their highest ever in 2025 as Bitcoin's price boom emboldens ...

A Manhattan judge agreed Wednesday to release on bail two men charged with torturing a man in a luxury SoHo townhouse to obtain his cryptocurrency.

Two men charged with kidnapping and torturing an Italian crypto trader in New York to obtain his Bitcoin password have been ...

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

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

Police said Paul Chowles used his National Crime Agency role to "line his own pockets".

"Bitcoin Jesus" Roger Ver paid $600K to Trump ally Roger Stone to fight $48M tax fraud case and contest extradition. ... the Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service ...