The case was the first time in Scotland officers were able to prove that 29-year-old delivery driver John-Ross Rennie was the recipient of the stolen funds.
Up to £1million stolen in Scotland’s first cryptojacking will probably never be recovered, detectives have admitted.
Two men and a woman were attacked by three masked intruders who demanded one of the victims, who can’t be named for legal reasons, transfer the virtual currency.The Sunday Mail can reveal that one of the victims is alleged to be involved in an online fraud himself and is currently facing court action.
Top news stories today Detective Inspector Craig Potter said: “This case is the first movement of funds has been proven in court. “It relies on the funds being there and being able to access them. In this case by the time we got to Mr Rennie the funds were long gone, they’d been moved out.” “Drugs gangs are getting money in cash, changing it into cryptocurrency and using cryptocurrencies as a money laundering mechanism.”
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