Britain witnesses first armed bitcoin robbery of virtual currency trader
Britain witnesses first armed bitcoin robbery of virtual currency trader : Armed robbers have raided the house of a British virtual currency trader, forcing him to transfer Bitcoins after tying up his wife and threatening him with a gun, British media reported.The robbery happened on January 22 at the couple's home in the village of Moulsford in southeast England, according to the Daily Mail, which said the cryptocurrency crime was the first of its kind. Four robbers wearing balaclavas broke into the house of Danny Aston, 30, and his wife Amy Jay, 31.A Thames Valley Police spokesman quoted by the Daily Telegraph said only that police were investigating an "aggravatedburglary" in Moulsford last week and that the occupants of the househad been "threatened".