🚨 $100K Crypto Heist in Broad Daylight: Armed Robbers Hit Mall Parking Lot

Another day, another crypto horror story—this time with old-school firepower.

Brazen midday robbery targets digital wealth

Masked thieves made off with six figures in cold hard crypto after ambushing victims in what should've been a routine parking lot transaction. The heist proves physical cash isn't the only target for desperate criminals in our dystopian financial playground.

When decentralization meets blunt force trauma

The $100,000 haul would've made even Wall Street bonus sharks blush—except these bandits skipped the paperwork and went straight for the jugular. Who needs insider trading when you've got a ski mask and poor life choices?

As regulators wring their hands over imaginary crypto risks, real-world thugs just wrote the ultimate FUD campaign. Maybe next time victims will stick to getting robbed the civilized way—through inflation and brokerage fees.

Bangkok Crypto Deal Goes South

Crypto crimes are at an epidemic level right now, and that can manifest in some extremely bizarre ways. This recent story from Bangkok is a prime example, as crypto was never directly involved.

Instead, the victims pooled together 3.4 million baht (worth about $100,000) to do an in-person transaction, which evidently went south:

Police hunt 5 robbers after ฿3.4m crypto deal turns violent in Bangkok mall car park

In a shocking incident at Central Plaza Ladprao, thieves stole ฿3.4m during a planned cryptocurrency transaction, escaping in a Honda car. pic.twitter.com/PyLNKlnsk3

Unfortunately, there is a severe lack of other relevant details. Local authorities are looking for the attackers and have plenty of information about the getaway car. However, it may have been stolen before the theft took place.

Further, because this Bangkok theft didn’t involve crypto, there’s no way to monitor blockchain data. The perpetrators only need to launder a bag of cash, which might be incredibly easy.

Thailand has been home to another recent crypto theft, although this one took place far away from Bangkok. In November 2024, a Ukrainian national was robbed in Phuket, an island NEAR the southernmost tip of the country.

Four men kidnapped and extorted him, demanding 250,000 in USDT. After they left, the victim escaped and informed the police.

One of these four robbers was a past associate of the victim, having previously bought USDT from him on several occasions. Hopefully, this 2024 incident may also provide a critical link to today’s Bangkok crypto theft.

Specifically, it seems very possible that the alleged crypto vendors and the robbers are in league or even the exact same people.

Crypto ATMs are not widespread in Thailand, so these Bangkok men needed some other intermediary to exchange cash for tokens.

Whoever offered to make the trade would, therefore, have more than enough information to stage a robbery. This theory seems more likely than the assailants randomly encountering men carrying a sack full of cash in public.

More Recent Crypto Crime Stories

BeInCrypto has been hard at work covering this crypto crime wave, including violent and nonviolent incidents:

• France’s crypto kidnapping spree continues in June, shocking the nation. Police arrested several ringleaders in Morocco this month, hoping for an end to the attacks, but remaining operatives or copycats continue the horrific attacks.
• North Korean hackers attack both sides of the hiring process, targeting crypto industry job seekers and posing as fake candidates. Pepe creator Matt Furie lost over $300,000 after hiring a hacker for an IT role, and Favrr lost $680,000 after appointing a North Korean infiltrator as its CTO.
• Shockingly, low-quality crimes are seeing a lot of success in the US thanks to social engineering. Multiple criminals defrauded users out of millions, yet proved incredibly easy for law enforcement to track. One thief stole $4 million and lost almost all of it to a gambling addiction.
• Despite all these crimes, authorities are on the hunt, as cooperation from 15 separate nations brought down an international fraud ring. The group stole $540 million from victims around the globe.