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By a Staff Writer on Apr 19, 2018 12:12PM

Bitcoin miner heist suspect escapes prison

Skips the country.

An Icelandic man arrested on suspicion of stealing about 600 computers used to mine the cryptocurrency Bitcoin escaped prison and fled the country on a commercial flight to Sweden, Icelandic state broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday. The same Icelandair flight was also taking Icelandic Prime ...

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