Suspect in Iceland's 'Big Bitcoin Heist' escapes prison

 

April 18, 2018



REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A prisoner in Iceland suspected of masterminding the theft of about 600 computers that were being used to mine bitcoin and other virtual currencies escaped custody and fled Tuesday on a passenger plane that a witness said also carried the remote North Atlantic nation's prime minister.

Police said surveillance footage showed a suspect they identified as Sindri Thor Stefansson boarding a flight to Sweden at Iceland's international airport in Keflavik. They said he traveled under a passport in someone else's name.

"He had an accomplice," Police Chief Gunnar Schram told V...



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