Prison Sentences for Crypto Thieves: China, UK, and Morocco Hand Down Tough Penalties
— CryptoPolitan
China, the UK, and Morocco have handed down prison sentences to crypto thieves in a single week.
Courts in China, the UK, and Morocco have imposed significant prison sentences on crypto thieves.
- In China, a court in Fuzhou sentenced Lin to 12 years and 7 months for stealing 4 Bitcoins from an acquaintance; the court ruled that Bitcoin qualifies as property under criminal law.
- In the UK, four men received prison sentences after attacking a man in Hertfordshire and draining over £10,000 from his accounts.
- In Morocco, Bajou was sentenced to 25 years for orchestrating kidnappings of wealthy crypto holders, ordered to pay 1 million dirhams to each victim.
These sentences reflect increasing legal action against crypto crime and heightened awareness of physical attacks.