14 Sentenced to Life in India’s High-Profile Bitcoin Ransom Case
30 Aug 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Yugocean $0.17
In 2018, Shailesh Bhatt, a builder from the Indian state of Gujarat, was abducted and forced to hand over 176 bitcoins along with cash as ransom. Although Indian law does not yet recognise bitcoin as legal tender, the court treated the matter as...