Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence

While crypto thefts are not new, the use of physical violence is a far more recent trend, said Griffin. — AP

HARTFORD, Connecticut: A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a van.

All, authorities allege, were victims tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from behind computer screens and into the real world as the largely unregulated currency surges in value.