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    <p>In what was a first for Scottish law enforcement, a man has been found guilty of receiving bitcoin worth hundreds of thousands of dollars after it was forcibly transferred to an account linked to him during robbery.</p>
    <p>During the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="robbery" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/robbery.html">robbery</a> at an address in Blantyre near Glasgow in March 2020, roughly $200,000 worth of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="bitcoin" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/bitcoin.html">bitcoin</a> was moved from the victim’s wallet while the robbers also stole valuable goods and a car.</p>
    <p>Following an extensive investigation, specialist cyber<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Crime" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crime.html">Crime</a> officers tracked the stolen <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">Crypto</a> to the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">Crypto</a> wallet of 28-year-old Lanarkshire man John-Ross Rennie.</p>
    <p>In a statement from Scottish police, Detective Inspector Craig Potter described the investigation as “complex” and the “<strong>first <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="robbery" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/robbery.html">robbery</a> in Scotland to involve tracing the movements of stolen <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">Crypto</a>currency</strong>.”</p>
    <p>The statement doesn’t disclose who or how many people actively took part in the robbery.</p>
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    <p><em>Read more: 20-year-old imprisoned for $1M crypto SIM-swap scam</em></p>
    <p>Despite Rennie <strong>not being present for the robbery and denying the charge of reset</strong> — the act of knowingly possessing goods that have been obtained through criminal means — he was tried at Lanark High Court and convicted on October 31, 2023. His sentencing date is yet to be determined.&nbsp;</p>
    <p>Detective Inspector Potter added, “This conviction demonstrates Police Scotland’s capability and commitment to tackling criminality involving the digital space and bringing criminals operating in this world to justice.”</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/police-track-200k-bitcoin-robbery-in-scottish-first-tbt68665.html">https://thebittimes.com/police-track-200k-bitcoin-robbery-in-scottish-first-tbt68665.html</a></p>

Police track $200K bitcoin robbery in Scottish first

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