According to Guangming.com, a man named Deng Gang was entrusted by his nephew Deng Dawei to go to a designated location to collect payment for a virtual currency transaction, but encountered the buyer Wang Qiang who threatened him with a knife. Deng Gang was forced to notify Deng Dawei to transfer over 40,000 USDT to the other party. The defendant Wang Qiang was found to have committed robbery and was sentenced to a combined prison term of eleven years and six months for robbery and concealing and hiding the proceeds of crime.