Bomb threat sought bitcoin – Penticton News

UPDATE 12:55 p.m.

An email sent to three Penticton car dealerships this morning containing a bomb threat was asking for bitcoin payments.

Skaha Ford dealer principal Brad Jinjoe said the email asked for the untraceable cryptocurrency, and threatened a bomb would be detonated if a payment was not made.

“About two weeks ago we received one that was similar,” he said. “It didn’t have to do with a bomb, but it had to do with webcams and people’s computers catching them doing things they shouldn’t have done and pay bitcoin and we won’t release the videos.”

Jinjoe said his dealership has now been cleared and employees are back in the building.

Numerous other dealerships in B.C. and Alberta received the email, as well as businesses in the United States.

“At this time, it appears that these threats are meant to cause disruption and/or obtain money,” the New York Police Department tweeted this morning. “We’ll respond to each call regarding these emails to conduct a…