July 29, 2021
A cryptocurrency trader was robbed of more than HK$3 million (S$523,000) in cash at knifepoint when he went to meet a bitcoin seller in Hong Kong on Wednesday (July 28) afternoon.
The 39-year-old trader from South Korea arrived at Astoria Building on Ashley Road in Tsim Sha Tsui for the exchange at about 6.20pm. He was approached by four men, one of whom attacked him with the knife.
The criminals snatched a bag he was carrying with about HK$3.29 million inside and fled. The trader asked a friend to call police and officers searched the area but failed to locate the suspects.