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The victim, identified only as a 35-year-old London Britain Township man, walked into the Avondale Station on Thursday, Jan. 5, and told troopers that $10,000 in crypto had been transferred from his digital account without his knowledge, authorities wrote.
The matter remains under investigation, state police added.
As cryptocurrency has entered the mainstream in recent years, theft of digital assets appears to have risen in tandem. According to blockchain analytic firm Chainalysis, $2.1 billion in crypto was reported stolen in 2021. In 2022, the annual figure had reached $3 billion by October.
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