American tourist mistakenly rides fake Uber in London, robbed with drugs, losing over $120000 in cryptocurrency assets

2025-05-21 03:37

According to Decrypt, American tourist Irwin Line was drugged and controlled while riding in a fake Uber vehicle in London. After unlocking his phone, his encrypted wallet was stolen, resulting in a total loss of $123000, including $72000 in XRP and $50000 in BTC. The incident occurred in the early morning of May 9th, when the suspect used the drug scopolamine to confuse him and induce him to surrender his password. At present, the case is still under investigation, and the police remind us to be alert to physical robbery methods such as "wrench attacks".

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