Spate of Robberies Targeting Swedish Bitcoiners Linked to the Country’s Unfit Privacy Laws The robbers, who appear to target prominent
Swedish bitcoin and crypto personalities, recently descended on the Stockholm residence of a middle-aged bitcoin-owning couple.
According to a report in Aftonbladet, the four robbers physically assaulted, tied up, and even
used knives to threaten the couple. The report added that one victim of the robbery had to be ferried to the hospital via ambulance helicopter.
The attack on the unidentified couple is said to be the third time that criminals attacked just days after the victims either live-streamed a bitcoin podcast or
“mentioned bitcoin in a public context.” The robbers are also said to have used similar tactics in another home invasion that was reported in October.
Meanwhile,
in a post on X (formerly Twitter), social media user Erica Wall linked the attacks to Sweden’s
Offentlighetsprincipen or The Principle of Public Access to Information. According to Wall, this law, which is without precedent,
“makes residential addresses and tax records public.”
