{"id":78983,"date":"2026-10-02T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/masked-robbers-threaten-pregnant-wife-in-uk-crypto-home-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T23:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:06:07","slug":"masked-robbers-threaten-pregnant-wife-in-uk-crypto-home-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/masked-robbers-threaten-pregnant-wife-in-uk-crypto-home-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked Robbers Threaten Pregnant Wife in UK Crypto Home Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Masked intruders reportedly tortured a UK couple, stealing hundreds of thousands in crypto under death threats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">A remote accomplice guided the raid via FaceTime, highlighting new tactics in physical crypto extortion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">A recent surge in \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d including a fatal robbery in Mexico, exposes severe risks for holders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- --> <\/p>\n<h2>Criminals Threatened to Kill Pregnant Woman<\/h2>\n<p>According to the report, criminals targeted an unidentified businessman and his pregnant wife in their own house. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c6eq84eygz0qo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Talking to the BBC<\/a>, the couple, who did not reveal their identity, declared that criminals entered their home and even threatened to kill their unborn baby to force them to transfer the cryptocurrency funds.<\/p>\n<p>The husband, referred to as James in the report, explained that the attackers forced their way into their residence in Solihull, located southeast of Birmingham. \u201cThe door gets pushed open, I can see gloves coming in, balaclavas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When he tried to defend himself and fend off the attackers, the man said he was hit with hammers. Criminals pinned his pregnant wife to the sofa and started suffocating her with a pillow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a pillow over her face. He\u2019s literally suffocating her on the sofa. I can hear her screaming, \u2018I can\u2019t breathe,&#8217;\u201d James stated.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, James ignored the attacker\u2019s true objective until they asked for his phone, as a fourth remote attacker directed the criminals on site to go through his apps to detect if he had any wallets installed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can hear the guy on FaceTime saying: \u2018Show me everything on his phone. Show me what apps he\u2019s got,&#8217;\u201d James remembered.<\/p>\n<p>As criminals found a crypto wallet with a significant but undisclosed amount of funds, the attack escalated. \u201cHe was basically saying: Look, if you don\u2019t send us this money now, we\u2019re going to stab your wife in the stomach and kill your baby. We\u2019re going to kill your wife,&#8217;\u201d James explained.<\/p>\n<p>James delivered hundreds of thousands of pounds to the attackers, and he heard the criminal on the phone say on-site attackers could take only ten grand, while the remote ringleader would keep the rest for himself.<\/p>\n<p>The attack follows <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/report-crypto-holders-lose-30m-as-wrench-attacks-spiral-worldwide\/\">a rise in these \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d<\/a> where criminals target a known cryptocurrency holder and use physical violence and coercion to steal the funds owned by the victim. Even industry figureheads, like Binance Frace President David Prin\u00e7ay and Ledger co-founder David Balland <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/frances-binance-head-targeted-in-latest-wrench-attack\/\">have been targeted<\/a> with this kind of attack.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Jonathan Mel\u00e9ndez, part of the Mexican rock band Camilo S\u00e9ptimo, and his pregnant wife <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/security\/mexican-rock-star-and-family-murdered-over-1-5m-bitcoin-wallet\/\">were killed in an attack<\/a> where the victim\u2019s acquaintances were seeking a hardware wallet allegedly containing $1.5 million worth of bitcoin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/security\/masked-robbers-threaten-pregnant-wife-uk-crypto-home-attack\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Masked intruders reportedly tortured a UK couple, stealing hundreds of thousands in crypto under death threats. A remote accomplice guided the raid via FaceTime, highlighting new tactics in physical crypto extortion. A recent surge in \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d including a fatal robbery in Mexico, exposes severe risks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":78984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}