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Today in crypto, a French couple was forced to transfer about $1 million in Bitcoin during a fake police home invasion, the US has sought to retry Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, and insurance broker Aon is testing stablecoins for paying insurance premiums.
A French couple in their late 50s was forced to transfer over 900,000 euros ($1 million) in Bitcoin during a fake police raid at their home west of Paris in the latest violent attack targeting cryptocurrency holders in France, according to TF1 Info and Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Three suspects posing as police officers entered the couple’s home Monday morning in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, in the Yvelines department, and forced the husband to transfer the Bitcoin (BTC) while threatening the pair with a knife, according to TF1 Info and AFP. The attackers then tied up the man, injured both victims and fled in a white van, the reports said.
