Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Crime: Home Invasion, Sexual Assault, and $1.6 Million Theft Results in 7-Year Sentence

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to seven years in a Canadian prison for participating in a violent home invasion that left a British Columbia family tortured and robbed of $1.6 million in Bitcoin.

Tsz Wing Boaz Chan, 35, flew from Hong Kong to Vancouver in early 2024 to take part in the meticulously planned attack, which authorities say involved extreme violence, sexual assault, and psychological torture over a 13.5-hour ordeal.

On the evening of April 27, 2024, four men, two dressed in Canada Post uniforms, gained entry to the Port Moody home of the targeted family. The attackers restrained the husband, wife, and young daughter, threatening their lives and forcing the dau

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