Prisoner Jailed for 8 Years Over $2.7M Crypto Theft Plot Run From His Cell
Summary
An inmate received an eight-year prison sentence for orchestrating a digital currency theft scheme from his cell. Using outside accomplices, the prisoner attempted to coerce a victim into installing remote-access software to empty their cryptocurrency wallet.
Robert Barr planned to have accomplices force a crypto investor to install remote-access software so he could drain the wallet from prison.
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