Robert Barr jailed for 8 years for £2 million crypto theft managed by phone from prison.
Robert Barr has been jailed for eight years for orchestrating a scheme to steal £2m of cryptocurrency from his Edinburgh jail cell, with accomplices Sean Faber and Ian Doyle getting four and five years respectively.
The plan involved targeting a couple in Midlothian to access a crypto wallet, using the AnyDesk remote access program to facilitate the theft from the Barres prison site.
Baer, who had already served time for a previous cryptocurrency scam, was found to have coordinated the crime through messages that suggested extensive planning and potential threats of violence.