Leading cryptocurrency bitcoin‘of (BTC) Its tremendous performance in 2021 has increased cybercrime as well as real-life crime. The rise of BTC to $ 69,000 allowed people who invested in previous years to reach assets of thousands, maybe even millions of dollars. A father who was successful in this, unfortunately, suffered a great loss because of his son’s actions.
He Slept His Father, Stole BTC
According to the information conveyed by the Washington Post, living in Maryland Liam Ghershony He threw drugs into his own father’s tea. Knowing that his father had $400,000 BTC in his wallet, the boy threw a white powder into it before his father had tea and said that it would be very good for his father and would calm down. After 24-year-old Liam poured the substance into tea, his father lost consciousness.
Liam, who gained access to the wallet and transferred $ 400,000 of Bitcoin to a wallet he controlled, converted 60% of it to ETH. The boy, who also left a note to his drugged father, said, “It didn’t have to be like this, I will provide you with the best retirement.”
Police teams, who went home with the anxiety of their friends, found the father breathing but unconscious. Ghershony, who was taken to the hospital, remained in the intensive care unit for 4 days, but held on to life.
The son, who was initially charged with murder, was later charged with assault and spent 125 days in prison. Afterwards, he received two months of drug treatment. Liam stated that he did this under the influence of drugs.