"Taxi Ride Turns into Nightmare"... US Tourist Loses $123,000 in Cryptocurrency in London

Uk Jin

Summary

Amidst increasing crimes related to cryptocurrency, a report emerged that a US tourist was robbed of assets worth 170 million KRW in London through a taxi app.
The incident occurred inside a vehicle after calling Uber, where a hallucinogenic drug was used on the traveler to steal cryptocurrency.
The stolen cryptocurrencies included Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP.

Amidst the recent fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, crimes targeting cryptocurrencies seem to be on the rise. An incident occurred where $123,000 (approximately 170 million KRW) worth of cryptocurrency was stolen after using the overseas taxi application Uber.

According to MyLondon on the 21st, Jacob Erwin-Klein, a developer from Portland, Oregon, was involved in an incident on the 9th in London after calling an Uber to return home from a pub.

The robber approached Klein by calling his Uber nickname and got him into the vehicle. He then offered him a cigarette laced with the hallucinogenic drug 'Scopolamine' and subsequently stole $123,000 worth of cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP.