Spanish police are investigating the theft of a Bitcoin ATM put in in one of many wealthiest neighborhoods in Barcelona, Spain. The gang that dedicated the theft consisted of hooded youths who crashed their off-road automotive into the doorways of the premises the place the ATM was put in.
At roughly 3 a.m. on Friday twelfth, the criminals violently broke into the scene, dislodging and carrying away a Bitcoin ATM. The felony occurred “a number of meters from Turó Park, at quantity 6 Beethoven Avenue,” within the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi neighborhood, reported native newspaper La Vanguardia.
On the time of the theft, various locals within the space approached the situation after listening to the vehicular assault on the constructing. Witnesses recorded each the crime and its perpetrators utilizing their cell phones.
So far as is thought, that is the primary time {that a} Bitcoin ATM has been robbed on this method in Spain. The singular occasion has the Mossos d’Esquadra (Barcelona’s police pressure) engaged on investigations with the intention of discovering the identification of the thieves, and subsequently apprehending them.
The photographs recorded by witnesses present a number of hooded figures putting the ATM within the trunk of their automotive. Although one of many assailants tried to stop witnesses from recording the incident, by spraying them with a hearth extinguisher, the assault was nonetheless recorded.
In keeping with the accounts of these current, the thieves fled in two high-end vehicles. On the time of writing, the identification of the crypto thieves continues to be unknown and is presently beneath investigation by native regulation enforcement. The police are summoning locals from the incident to provide their accounts on the surprising occasion.
In keeping with Coin ATM Radar, an organization that’s liable for monitoring the situation of Bitcoin ATMs throughout a number of nations, there are presently 185 ATMs put in in Spain, which in itself is likely one of the European nations with the biggest variety of computerized BTC tellers.
In Barcelona alone, the variety of Bitcoin ATMs already sits at 83, and to date, that is the primary time that cybercrime has affected any of them.
Bitcoin ATMs are supposed to permit customers to purchase and change cryptocurrencies for conventional cash, both via the usage of money (e.g. euros & {dollars}), or via debit playing cards.
Thus far it’s unknown what operations the police in Barcelona have carried out to seize the criminals, or if they’ve already made any arrests.
The Catalan police pressure, who’re following the investigation, is reviewing the recordings from surveillance cameras within the space and inspecting the premises that had been robbed. The quantity taken from the bitcoin ATM has not but been revealed.
