Disgruntled Employee Stole Bitcoin from Japanese Project Vipstarcoin
Two men have been arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of defrauding IT firm Vipstar Inc. from hundreds of thousands of dollars in (BTC), Mainichi reported on Jan. 23. One of the suspects is a former employee who used his access to steal money from a trading fund.
Yuto Onitsuka and Takuma Sasaki are accused of stealing 78 million yen (approximately $712,000) from Vipstar, a blockchain project. They are also suspected of committing computer fraud and contravening a government act on the control of criminal proceeds.
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