LAPD recovers $2.7M worth of Bitcoin miners stolen in airport heist

The Los Angeles Police Department has recovered $2. 7 million worth of Bitcoin mining machines it alleges were stolen by a crime ring in a heist at the city’s airport. The LAPD said on April 22 that detectives from its Cargo Theft Unit, along with the city’s Port Police, the railroad-based Union Pacific Police, and the city’s Airport Police, arrested Oscar David Borrero-Manchola and Yonaiker Rafael Martinez-Ramos over the thefts. Authorities claimed the pair are “prominent members” of a South American crime ring tied to the theft and sale of stolen goods in and around Los Angeles source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/lapd-recovers-bitcoin-miners-stolen-lax-airport-heist?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound