As reported by ChainThink, on December 27, a former traffic police officer in Ufa, Russia, was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime prison for stealing approximately 20 million rubles (equivalent to tens of thousands of U.S. dollars) in Bitcoin. The case dates back to 2022, when the officer illegally accessed the mobile phones of two detained individuals during an investigation, used messaging apps and crypto wallets to transfer BTC, and committed acts of coercive evidence collection. The court also ordered him to compensate the victims around 20 million rubles and strip him of his police rank. (Bits.media)
Russian Ex-Traffic Police Officer Sentenced to 7 Years for Stealing $Dozens Worth of Bitcoin
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A Russian ex-traffic police officer in Ufa was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime prison for stealing 20 million rubles (tens of thousands of U.S. dollars) in Bitcoin. The case, dating back to 2022, involved illegal access to detained individuals’ phones, coercive evidence collection, and BTC transfers via messaging apps and crypto wallets. The court ordered him to compensate victims and strip his police rank. The ruling comes amid heightened focus on Countering the Financing of Terrorism and regulatory scrutiny around digital assets. The bitcoin ETF approval debate continues to influence global enforcement actions.
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