Online platform GitHub has a list of at least 15 recorded incidents of in person crypto theft in the last year, around 17 in 2023, and 32 in 2021.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says he’s noticed an uptick in messages from people alleging they are the victims of in person crypto robbery.
In an Oct. 10 post, the onchain sleuth said he had received messages from multiple victims of crypto home invasion thefts “in Western Europe over the past few months at a much higher rate than other regions.”
He made the same claim in a Sept. 27 message shared via his Telegram channel, saying he knew of several individuals in the crypto community who had been held at gunpoint and had their crypto stolen in recent months.
