[2018-04-18] Suspect From Iceland Bitcoin Miner Theft Escapes Prison

[nickbelski]

A suspect being held in connection with a massive Bitcoin miner theft in Iceland earlier this year has escaped prison, local news the Iceland Monitor reports April 17.

Sindri Þór Stefánsson escaped from from Sogni prison last night and police have confirmed that he fled Iceland to Stockholm, Sweden. The fugitive was reportedly using another man’s passport when he boarded a flight at Keflavik International Airport.

By the time police ascertained that Stefánsson had boarded a plane to Sweden, he had already landed. Icelandic police are currently coordinating with Swedish authorities to apprehend Stefánsson. An international arrest warrant has been issued. The suspect is not considered to be dangerous.

Stefánsson had been in custody since Feb. 2 on suspicion of his involvement in a series of burglaries, wherein 600 PCs, 600 graphics cards, 100 power supplies, 100 motherboards, 100 memory discs, and 100 CPU processors had been taken from data centers involved in cryptocurrency mining in the South West and North West of Iceland. The burglaries took place from Dec. 5 2017 to Jan. 16, 2018.

The aggregate value of the stolen items was estimated at 200 million krónur, or $1,990,000. Iceland Magazine called the incident “one of the largest criminal cases in Icelandic history.” While the suspects have been uncooperative and authorities have not yet located the stolen hardware, local news Fréttablaðið reports that local authorities are going to move forward with an indictment at the beginning of next week.

Earlier this month, the Criminal Investigation Department in Gujarat, India began investigating 10 police officers for extorting 200 Bitcoins from a businessman. Sailesh Bhatt alleges that he was beaten, kidnapped and taken to a farm where he was forced to send the Bitcoins to his former business partner.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/suspect-from-iceland-bitcoin-miner-theft-escapes-prison

[Kemarit]

Hmmmm.. and the plot thickens. How can a big time suspect, one of the largest theft in Iceland's history was able to escape and was even boarded a plan, getting out of the country? Do Iceland's prison not that adaptable for criminals because there are few crimes in the country? LOL. I least immigration should be flag as well, because he is a high profile criminal{perhaps he change identify), but still I can't fathom how the guys escape and how the police is a tad late because he was able to get out of the country that quick. And why the suspect not considered dangerous? I mean he is a criminal so it doesn't make sense that the police can simply not think of him as dangerous and not have malicious intent to hurt those who pursue him.

[veleten]

Hmmmm.. and the plot thickens. How can a big time suspect, one of the largest theft in Iceland's history was able to escape and was even boarded a plan, getting out of the country? Do Iceland's prison not that adaptable for criminals because there are few crimes in the country? LOL. I least immigration should be flag as well, because he is a high profile criminal{perhaps he change identify), but still I can't fathom how the guys escape and how the police is a tad late because he was able to get out of the country that quick. And why the suspect not considered dangerous? I mean he is a criminal so it doesn't make sense that the police can simply not think of him as dangerous and not have malicious intent to hurt those who pursue him.

fascinating indeed,the largest event in icelandic history and they manage to screw up badly
also 2 mil $ shows how much crime goes on in Iceland ,no wonder the guards were not sure what to do haha
lesson one: do not mine in Iceland,lesson two-if you pursue a criminal career,start in Iceland 

[gentlemand]

The average Scandinavian jail could probably charge $200 a night to tourists from elsewhere so this is hardly a shocker. He probably told the guards he was nipping out for a curry and they wished him an enjoyable meal. And paid for it.