Bitcoin thief photographed in bathtub of cash gets four years

After the Bitcoin vanished from the device held by the IRS, agents found a photo on Gary Harmon’s cellphone showing him grinning in a tub full of cash at a nightclub. — Reuters

An Ohio man photographed lounging in a bathtub full of dollar bills must serve four years in prison for stealing 713 Bitcoin from a computer device seized by the government in a case against his older brother.

Gary Harmon, 31, was sentenced Thursday by US District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, DC, where he pleaded guilty in January. He also agreed to forfeit crypto currencies and other property valued at more than US$20 million, the US Justice Department said.