Scottish Court Jails Three Men Over £2M Cryptocurrency Theft Plot

• Scotland’s High Court jails Robert Barr for 8 years over a £2M crypto theft plot planned from his prison cell.
• They planned to force a crypto startup co-founder to install AnyDesk, but a doorbell camera exposed them.
• Accomplices Sean Favier and Iain Doyle received 4 and 5 years, as crypto wrench attacks exceed $30M in H1 2026.

On November 10, 2026, Scotland’s High Court jailed Robert Barr to eight years in prison after an attempted £2 million cryptocurrency theft orchestrated from his prison cell. The plot involved sending two accomplices to the victims’ home to force them to install remote-access software.

Scotland’s High Court Jails Robert Barr for 8 Years Over £2M Crypto Theft Plot

Scotland’s High Court in Glasgow has sentenced Robert Barr, 29, to eight years in prison for orchestrating an attempted £2 million ($2.7 million) cryptocurrency theft from hi…

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