In Taiwan, a miner was shot during the conflict over bitcoins The ban on bitcoin trading in mainland China has led to a worsening crime situation in Taiwan.

In Taiwan, a miner was shot in the conflict over bitcoins

Ban on bitcoin trading in mainland China leads to worsening crime in Taiwan.

According to the Taiwanese edition of the Liberty Times, the incident occurred on Saturday evening, when two local gangsters agreed to meet with a bitcoin miner.. All individuals had significant joint investments.

Earlier, a miner named Wu accepted 10 million Chinese yuan (about $ 1.7 million) from two individuals who expressed a desire to participate in Wu's mining venture. Although the exact location of the mining farm remains unknown, according to the article, it may be located in mainland China..

According to Wu, he managed to earn 370 thousand dollars, but at that time, due to the tightening of the rules for trading bitcoin in China, these funds could not be exchanged for fiat currency, as required by two gangsters. This was the reason for the conflict that occurred at the meeting..

As a result, Wu was shot in the ankle. The criminals left the scene of the conflict, but 7 hours after the incident they themselves came to the police. Later, according to the article, the police confirmed that the suspects belonged to local criminal gangs..

Although it is not first case, when criminals are involved in bitcoin-related cases in Taiwan, this episode is notable for the involvement of individuals who are members of organized crime.

Due to the increase bitcoin rate in the past year, the number of crimes involving armed criminals and cryptocurrencies has increased. In particular, in January in Canada and the UK, there were two cases of robbery of bitcoin investors using firearms..

Also on last week Singapore reports about $ 300,000 robbery of bitcoin brokers.

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