Three Chinese Men In Custody Over $87M Cryptocurrency Theft

Police in China has detained three men suspected of pulling the country’s biggest ever cryptocurrency heist — worth 600 million yuan ($87 million). 

Theft is China’s Biggest: Reports

As multiple outlets report quoting local news publication Huashang News on August 19, authorities concluded an investigation spanning almost six months into three men who allegedly hacked a computer for Bitcoin and Ether.

“Our bureau has not dealt with this kind of case before,” South China Morning Post quotes a police officer as telling Huashang. “It’s the first virtual currency-related case in Shaanxi.”

According to Huashang, the investigation behind the arrest of the men — known as Zhang, Cui and Zhou — began in March, when the victim came forward to report a hacking of his computer. At the time, losses were thought to total 100 million yuan.

Having analyzed “30,000 pieces of information” related to the event and the alleged perpetrators, the arrests were made on…