Pretending to be a fresh food delivery person, he tricked Luo into a parking lot and robbed his friend's wife of virtual currency worth 6 million yuan (from Coinsradar.net)
Liang is a post-90s, native of Jingyan County, Leshan City, with a college degree. In October last year, Liang was in debt and had the idea of robbing his friend's wife Luo of her bitcoins. Afterwards, Liang invited Yuan, who in turn invited Wang at Liang's request. The three conspired to rob Luo of her bitcoins, and Liang prepared off-road vehicles and other tools for the crime.
On the evening of October 31 last year, Liang drove an unlicensed off-road vehicle, carrying Yuan and Wang to the parking lot opposite Xiaoba Yushu, the residential area where Luo lived, in Shizhong District, Leshan City. According to Liang's arrangement, Wang called and pretended to be a fresh food delivery person, tricked Luo into the parking lot, and with the help of Yuan, forcibly dragged Luo onto the off-road vehicle.
Afterwards, Liang drove the off-road vehicle along Lesha Ecological Avenue towards Shawan and took Luo to an open space in Jinba Village, Shuikou Town, Shizhong District, Leshan City. In the car, Wang and Yuan used violence and threats to force Luo to log in to the "Exchange" APP account on his mobile phone.
Then, Liang took Luo's mobile phone and got out of the car to operate, transferring 29.0004844 bitcoins and 1258.04064 ethers from Luo's account to his own account. Finally, the three let Luo go, and Wang also gave Luo 50 yuan for the fare.
According to the Leshan Price Certification Center, the bitcoins stolen from Luo were worth more than RMB 2.64 million, and the ethers were worth more than RMB 3.34 million; the Huawei mobile phone stolen from Luo was worth RMB 2,770.
The day after the incident, Liang and Yuan took a car driven by Liang's friend to Nanchong City to sell bitcoins, but failed. On the way back to Leshan, Liang and Yuan discussed and called the police to surrender.
In the early morning of November 2 last year, the police from the Shizhong District Branch of the Leshan Public Security Bureau arrested Liang at a commercial concrete company in Emeishan City where Liang informed them; on the same day, they arrested Yuan who came to surrender in a community in Shizhong District, Leshan City.
After Liang and Yuan were arrested, they truthfully confessed the above criminal facts. Liang returned 28,997 bitcoins and 1,258 ethers to Luo.03. On December 2, Wang was arrested.
During the court trial, the families of Liang and Yuan voluntarily returned RMB 3,400 to the court's case account on behalf of the two defendants, namely the victim's mobile phone (valued at RMB 2,770) and the handling fees used by Liang for two currency transfers, 0.0034844 bitcoins (valued at RMB 317.779) and 0.01064 ethers (RMB 282.764).
In this regard, Liang, Wang and Yuan had no objection to the facts, charges and evidence charged by the public prosecution agency, and pleaded guilty and accepted punishment in court.
However, Liang's defense lawyer believed that in current practical cases, there is controversy over whether the bitcoins and ethers involved in the case are property protected by the criminal law, and therefore should be punished for the crime of destroying computer information systems.
Yuan's defense lawyer also proposed that the bitcoins and ethers in this case, as virtual currencies, are not real currencies and do not have monetary attributes.
Although my country does not explicitly prohibit private investment in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, it is not recognized and supported by financial institutions and the government. I hope that Yuan’s punishment will be reduced in accordance with the law.
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