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Facing jail, the brains behind Scotland's first ever Bitcoin robbery probe

A man is facing jail after a huge sum of cryptocurrency was stolen during a violent robbery. Technical expertise: John-Ross Rennie was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow A woman was badly injured after being struck with a personalised Toblerone chocolate bar during the heist. Rennie was described as the 'technical' brains behind the crime – the first cryptocurrency robbery in Scotland. Rennie was cleared of assault and robbery at the High Court in Glasgow but was found guilty of reset – the possession of stolen goods. Detective Inspector Craig Potter, of Police Scotland's Cyber Investigations unit, said: 'This was the first robbery in Scotland to involve tracing stolen cryptocurrency.

Daily Mail

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