On May 21, according to Decrypt, an American tourist lost over $123,000 in cryptocurrency in a suspected premeditated theft case in West London after briefly staying in the city and going out for a night out.
Jacob Irwin-Cline from Portland, Oregon, called an Uber around 1:30 AM on May 9 after leaving the nightclub The Roxy in Soho during a two-day stopover.
Police stated that a driver learned his name from the app and intercepted him at the scene. Subsequently, Irwin-Cline requested to view the nightclub's CCTV footage, which showed he got into a dark sedan, not the Toyota Prius displayed on his Uber app. The driver then handed him a cigarette, which was presumed to contain a sedative.
Under the drug's influence, Irwin-Cline inadvertently revealed his phone's unlock code, allowing the perpetrator to access his crypto accounts. He was then abandoned in an unfamiliar area of London. Police later confirmed that the attacker directly accessed his crypto wallet after forcibly logging into his Revolut account.
