Policemen detained two unemployed and previously convicted men in Tula on suspicion that they had deceived a 400-ruble 26-year-old merchant from the bitcoins and a gold chain. During the detention, the suspects tried to resist the police, using traumatic weapons. On this on Monday, September 11, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. "According to preliminary data, knowing the financial activity of the 26-year-old resident of Tula in the sphere of circulation of electronic crypto currency-bitcoins, they used the credulity of the man and penetrated into his apartment," the message says.. After that, the suspects informed their victim that his operations with the crypto currency were illegal, and they began to demand that 2.5 million rubles, threatening otherwise to report everything to the law enforcement bodies. Having received from the injured 400 thousand rubles and a gold chain, the attackers agreed on the transfer of the remaining money after a few days, when the victim withdraws money from the account on the securities exchange on the Internet. As noted in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the victim turned to the police.

When trying to obtain the remaining amount, the suspects were detained. "During the detention, they tried to resist the police, using traumatic weapons that looked like a Makarov pistol (PM). During the detention, no one was hurt, "the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted.. On the basis of the crime, a criminal case has been initiated and is being investigated under Article 159 of the Criminal Code ("Fraud")..

Original article: The unemployed who deceived the bitcoin trader used traumatics against the police.