Two Canadian Bitcoin Thieves Arrested

The Federal Bureau of Investigation found two Canadian nationals stealing Bitcoin from victims seeking customer service. Karanjit Singh Khatkar and Jagroop Singh Khatkar will face 2 years in prison for fraudulently posing as Hong Kong-based crypto exchange HitBTC staff to handing over Bitcoins over multiple platforms.

The pair used a Twitter account with the handle @HitBTCAssist to retrieve 23.2 BTC, or $118,000 at press time, from a victim and into Karanjit Khatkar’s wallet on the Kraken exchange in October 2017.

Furthermore, they convinced the Oregon victim to give them information that gave them the ability to compromise accounts, such as email and exchange account details.

The Khatkars used the stolen cryptocurrency for a luxurious lifestyle like expensive cars and casinos.

They pleaded guilty in December of last year to repay the past crime. They were then ordered to pay $142,349 in damages and a further $42,162 to bring up the total to $184,511.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin Falls

After treading down the $5,000 territory earlier in the week, Bitcoin (BTC) is playing with the bears as markets decline safe havens over fears of a recession. The massive US stimulus package didn’t seem to help the crypto coin even after a day of greens in the market.

Wednesday’s Asian trading hours and futures tied to the S&P 500 index fell 5 percent. The figure lowered its support figures for daily trading days.

At the same time, Asian equities also performed weak yesterday. It provided negative cues to major European equity indices, which slumped down by 3 percent.

Only an ascending breakout to $6,425 will initiate a bull market since the December low. Contrarily, if it reaches below $4,865, there’s no way to go but down.

More sellers are expected to join the market to push it further down to $4,000.

Meanwhile, its RSI range is at oversold conditions under 30%. This gives way to a possible lift in the coming days, producing higher lows that signal to weaken bearish momentum.