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B.C. man charged in $10 million cryptocurrency dwelling invasion theft


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Police in Richmond say a number of expenses have been laid towards a 34-year-old man allegedly concerned in a September 2022 dwelling invasion the place thieves made off with $10 million in cryptocurrency.

Richmond RCMP say the “prolonged and sophisticated investigation” started after thieves impersonating cops broke into a house and tied up a middle-aged couple, assaulting them and confining them for hours.

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Mounties say the armed suspects made off with $10 million in unspecified cryptocurrency and luxurious items, leaving the “badly shaken up” victims with non-life-threatening accidents.

Chief Supt. Dave Chauhan with Richmond RCMP says the investigators from the drive’s Severe Crimes Unit and Financial Crime Unit labored on the case for greater than a 12 months, resulting in the arrest of 1 suspect, who faces “many very severe expenses.”

Mounties say the BC Prosecution Service accredited 11 expenses towards Jin Da Xing, a 34-year-old Richmond resident, together with break and enter, theft with a weapon, illegal confinement, assault with a weapon, use of an imitation firearm, extortion, possession of stolen property and impersonating a peace officer.

Police say Xing is in custody and awaiting trial, and his subsequent courtroom look is about for Dec. 6 in Richmond provincial courtroom.

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