Bitcoins are being extorted from American stores under the threat of being undermined
Date: 2023-06-26 Author: Karina Ziganova Categories: IN WORLD
Among the victims of racketeering were such well-known companies as Kroger, Meijer, Walmart and Whole Foods. Their employees received reports of planted bombs that would be detonated if they did not agree to pay the ransom.
A Whole Foods outlet in suburban Chicago was charged $5,000 worth of bitcoins, while a Meijer store in Wisconsin was extorted $5,000 worth of Apple gift cards. m is the Kroger company in New Mexico, threatened to undermine if the workers did not transfer the money to a bank account.
FBI agents are responsible for the capture of racketeers. They cooperate with policemen on the ground and ask all civilians to report suspicious people. Retailers were ordered to record calls demanding a ransom and transfer the information received to law enforcement officers.
Criminals use tools to anonymize their personal data, so the law enforcement officers have not yet been able to identify their personalities. Explosive devices were not detected, in connection with this, all reports about planted bombs turned out to be false.
