All jokes apart, nosotros saw i such endeavour on Tuesday morning, when 3 men armed alongside handguns entered the offices of a Canadian Bitcoin telephone commutation inwards Ottawa, together with restrained 4 of its employees.
The intruders together with thence struck i of the employees inwards the caput alongside a handgun, quest them to brand an outbound transaction from the cryptocurrency exchange.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 5th employee inwards roughly other cabin, who remained unseen inwards an office, called the constabulary earlier whatever assets could last taken, together with the robbers left empty-handed.
One of the suspects arrested after Midweek after arriving constabulary officers saw him piece of job into a ravine N of Colonnade Road together with deployed "extensive resources," including K-9 unit of measurement officers, to uncovering him, CBC News reports.
"Police are looking for 2 additional suspects, both described every bit dark males," the constabulary says. "Investigators are likewise interested inwards identifying together with speaking to a somebody of involvement that was within the premise every bit the suspects arrived. That somebody did non rest at the scene."The suspect inwards custody, identified every bit 19-year-old Jimmy St-Hilaire, has been charged alongside the next offences:
- 5 counts of robbery alongside a firearm
- 5 counts of bespeak a firearm
- 5 counts of forcible confinement
- Wear disguise
- Conspiracy to Commit an indictable offence
- Carry concealed weapon
- Possess firearm spell prohibited
- Possess weapon for committing an offence
- Possess loaded regulated firearm
St-Hilaire is laid upward to appear inwards courtroom on Jan 24, 2018. Ottawa constabulary are immediately looking for the remaining 2 suspects.
The regime conduct maintain non revealed the advert of the cryptocurrency exchange.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 similar incident happened final calendar month when armed robbers kidnapped a overstep executive at UK-registered crypto-exchange EXMO Finance together with allegedly stole to a greater extent than than $1.8 i 1000 one thousand of Ether for releasing him.
The New York District Attorney's Office charged New Bailiwick of Jersey native Louis Meza for the kidnapping together with robbery, claiming Meza held "demanded that the victim turns over his jail mobile telephone phone, wallet, together with keys spell belongings the victim at gunpoint."
