The address where the raid
took place.
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Four robbers broke into a home in the Oxfordshire
countryside last week.
They held traders
Danny Aston and Amy
Jay at gunpoint, reports say.
The pair was reportedly forced to make
transfers.
Two bitcoin traders were robbed at gunpoint at their home in
rural England when armed criminals forced them to carry out
cryptocurrency transfers.
Danny Aston and his girlfriend Amy Jay, who jointly run a
cryptocurrency trading company, were forced to digitally transfer
bitcoin by four men who broke into their house in Moulsford,
Oxfordshire, The
Mail on Sunday newspaper reported.
The balaclava-clad assailants jumped over a fence, kicked down a
door, and left the couple's baby outside in a pram as they forced
the traders to transfer their bitcoin on a computer, the paper
said.
Crime involving firearms is rare in the UK, especially outside of
London, and usually associated with organised criminals.
The incident took place on January 22, but was first reported
almost a week later. It's unclear how much the couple was forced
to hand over.
Nobody was seriously injured, a spokeswoman for Thames Valley
Police told Business Insider. Police are still looking for the
robbers.
Aston traded cryptocurrency online under the pseudonym
"Goldiath," the Mail said.
According to The Times newspaper, he has carried out more
than 100,000 cryptocurrency trades with more than 16,300
different accounts, and offers trading tips and analysis online.
Police are trying to figure out how the robbers found the two
brokers. They believe that the raid was targeted.
The Times reported that some of Aston's clients referred to him
by his real name, which may have helped thieves identify him and
find his home.
Aston and Jay are registered as directors of Aston Digital
Currencies, a company incorporated last June, on
Companies House. Their home address is listed on the online
registry.
The couple, who have a baby, have been staying with relatives
since the break-in, The Mail on Sunday quoted neighbours as
saying.
While Monday's raid is believed to be Britain's first bitcoin
heist, it's not the first in the world: Bitcoin traders and
owners have been stabbed, kidnapped, and held at gunpoint, and
forced to hand over their cryptocurrency, in cities including
Vancouver, New York City, Istanbul, and Kiev,
the Daily Beast reported.
A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman told Business
Insider:
"Thames Valley Police is investigating an aggravated burglary
which occurred at a property in Moulsford on Monday (22/1).
"Officers were called at about 9:40 a.m. to a report that
offenders had entered a residential property off Reading Road and
threatened the occupants. No one was seriously injured during the
incident. [...]
"People in the local community may notice an increased presence
of officers in the area while our enquiries are ongoing. The
investigation is in its early stages however initial enquiries
suggest this may be a targeted incident.
"No arrests have been made at this stage."
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