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Indian court sentences 14 to life in Bitcoin extortion case

Crypto | 2025-08-30 at 10:16 UTC | Source: cointelegraph.com
A former BJP legislator and 11 police officials have been convicted for the 2018 abduction of a Surat businessman in a plot to seize over 750 Bitcoin.
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