<p><strong>Bitcoin Exchange Hit By Armed Robbers in Thwarted Theft</strong></p>
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Ottawa police are seeking two suspects after an attempted armed robbery at a <a href="http://www.bitcoingeek.me/cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> exchange.

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<img src="http://www.bitcoingeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Bitcoin-Exchange-Hit-By-Armed-Robbers-in-Thwarted-Theft.png" alt width="859" height="432" /><br></center>Three people entered the offices of Canadian <a href="http://www.bitcoingeek.me/bitcoin" target="_blank">Bitcoins</a> in Ottowa carrying handguns and restrained four employees on Tuesday morning, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/robbery-ottawa-search-bitcoin-1.4501719" target="_blank">according to CBC News</a>. At that point, they attempted to compel one of the employees to make an outbound transaction from the exchange. A fifth employee called police before any assets could be taken, police told the news service.

One suspect has been arrested and charged, according to police. The charges include robbery with a firearm and forcible confinement.

The names of the suspects were not released.

CBC News reported in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CBCOttawa/posts/10155453205043212" target="_blank">a Facebook post</a> that the suspects were looking for physical cash, but other armed robberies have successfully made off with cryptocurrency wallets.

The New York District Attorney's Office <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/man-stole-1-8-million-ether-armed-robbery-prosecutors-say/" target="_blank">filed armed robbery and kidnapping charges</a> against New Jersey native Louis Meza after he allegedly stole more than $1.8 million of ether last November. In the filing, the DA's office claimed Meza held his victim at gunpoint, forcing him to turn over a cell phone and private keys, which he used to access the victim's digital wallet.

Source Coindesk

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