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The Icelandic Drug-Smuggling Fellowship's Massive Bitcoin Heist

2021/7/12
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Lola Blanc和Megan Elizabeth: 本集讲述了冰岛一起臭名昭著的比特币盗窃案，犯罪团伙盗取了价值数百万美元的比特币矿机。该案的主犯辛德里·斯特凡松在被捕后越狱，逃往欧洲，最终在荷兰被捕。本案涉及到冰岛的毒品犯罪、监狱制度以及比特币的兴起等多个方面。 Lola Blanc和Megan Elizabeth: 冰岛的监狱制度与其他国家不同，注重改造而非惩罚，再犯率较低。辛德里·斯特凡松在出狱后曾尝试正常生活，但最终再次卷入犯罪。

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The Icelandic gang, led by Sindri Stefansson, managed to steal millions in Bitcoin mining machines and disappeared into the wilderness, turning their local heist into a global sensation.

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How did an Icelandic band of international drug smugglers pull off their nation’s most shocking heist, robbing millions in Bitcoin mining machines then disappearing into the frozen wilderness? And how did its mastermind (some say: pawn) escape from jail, hop across Europe only to be hobbled by the exact network he’d relied on as a free man? Iceland’s ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ is a tale of boom and bust, opportunity and clownish failure. Above all it’s a great story. Does anyone know the correct pronunciation of the word "Geyser"?!?!?

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