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Suspect charged in Bitcoin heist, police hunt 2 others
Ottawa police have arrested one suspect and are looking for two others after employees at a bitcoin financial institution were held up at gunpoint Tuesday. The attempted robbery happened on Concourse Gate off Colonnade Road just before 11 a.m., police said in a media release issued Wednesday.
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I just don't get it. It's not mentioned in the article, and I figure because the suspects didn't comment... however, did they think that bit coins are physical currency just like other coins? I mean did they expect to just run in there, grab a bag of coins like in those old cartoons and run off with the loot?
In their planning, I'm sure the discussed how big a bitcoin was, how much one weighed, and how many would fit in a sack. Since they are traded online, no need to even find a fence.
Planning?
Benefit of the doubt.
Fair enough :D