đ„ Ex-LAPD Officer Gets Life Plus 15 Years Over $350K Bitcoin Robbery.
Image: Shutterstock/DecryptCreate an account to save your articles.Add on GoogleAdd Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.In brief A Los Angeles judge handed ex-LAPD officer Eric Halem concurrent life terms for kidnapping and robbery, rejecting his bid for a new trial. Halems crew entered the victims apartment using an access code obtained from a conspirator who had rented it. Halem still faces charges over insurance fraud and a second crypto robbery days earlier. A former Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 15 years in state prison for a home invasion in which $350,000 in Bitcoin was taken from a teenager, the Los Angeles Times reported. Eric Halem, 38, was found guilty in March of kidnapping and robbery after a two-week trial, with jurors returning a verdict in under a day.
Superior Court Judge Mildred Escobedo rejected a late bid for a new trial before imposing concurrent life terms, saying the evidence showed a man prepared to use violence out of sheer and utter greed. He becomes eligible for parole after seven years, according to the district attorney's office. Prosecutors said Halem and three other men entered a Koreatown apartment at around 2:30 a.m. on December 28, 2024, handcuffed two victims, moved funds out of their cryptocurrency account and took cash and jewellery. The men arrived in a Range Rover and a Lamborghini Urus registered to Halem's car rental business, wore vests identifying them as police, and let themselves in with an access code supplied by a conspirator who had rented the unit.
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Image: Shutterstock/DecryptCreate an account to save your articles.Add on GoogleAdd Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.In brief A Los Angeles judge handed ex-LAPD officer Eric Halem concurrent life terms for kidnapping and robbery, rejecting his bid for a new trial. Halems crew entered the victims apartment using an access code obtained from a conspirator who had rented it. Halem still faces charges over insurance fraud and a second crypto robbery days earlier. A former Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 15 years in state prison for a home invasion in which $350,000 in Bitcoin was taken from a teenager, the Los Angeles Times reported. Eric Halem, 38, was found guilty in March of kidnapping and robbery after a two-week trial, with jurors returning a verdict in under a day.
Superior Court Judge Mildred Escobedo rejected a late bid for a new trial before imposing concurrent life terms, saying the evidence showed a man prepared to use violence out of sheer and utter greed. He becomes eligible for parole after seven years, according to the district attorney's office. Prosecutors said Halem and three other men entered a Koreatown apartment at around 2:30 a.m. on December 28, 2024, handcuffed two victims, moved funds out of their cryptocurrency account and took cash and jewellery. The men arrived in a Range Rover and a Lamborghini Urus registered to Halem's car rental business, wore vests identifying them as police, and let themselves in with an access code supplied by a conspirator who had rented the unit.
â What's your take is this the start of a bigger move or just noise? Drop it below.
$BTC $ETH
#SECryptoRegulation #AICryptoIntegration #CryptoMarkets