{"content":"American Visitor in London Sedated and Robbed of $123K in Cryptocurrency Jacob Irwin-Cline, a 30-year-old US software developer, was allegedly drugged and robbed during a short stay in London, losing $123K in cryptocurrency. He claims he was targeted by a man posing as an Uber driver, who offered him a spiked cigarette, causing him to lose consciousness intermittently. During these periods, he is said to have handed over his passcodes, allowing the attacker to access and drain his digital wallets. Despite efforts to recover his accounts, his assets were gone within hours. This incident reflects a growing trend of physical attacks, known as "wrench attacks," aimed at extracting cryptocurrency access. The theft is currently under investigation by the Metropolitan Police and the FBI cybercrime team. However, Irwin-Cline fears the chances of recovering his digital assets are low. ","images":["https://d2kdcqywr8ua22.cloudfront.net/uploadfile/article/blog/2025052025/05/25/a1e33501016044df833b2b379217b768.png"],"tags":[],"tradingPairs":[],"quotearticleid":0}