FORMER RUSSIAN POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS FOR STEALING ₽20M IN BITCOIN AND USING VIOLENCE

CoinRank · 2025-12-27T10:40:46+00:00

A former Russian police officer was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing 20 million rubles in Bitcoin from a detainee's phone, using violence to transfer the funds. He also lost his police rank and must pay compensation to the victim.

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2025-12-27 10:40:46

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A former Russian police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing Bitcoin worth 20 million rubles after confiscating a detainee’s phone and forcibly transferring the funds to his own account. According to Russian media the ex–traffic police officer committed the crime in 2022. In addition to stealing the Bitcoin, he used violence to coerce the detainee. The court ordered him to serve seven years in a standard prison, strip him of his police rank, and pay 20 million rubles in compensation to the victim.

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