Son Poisons Father In Attempt To Steal Bitcoin Wallet Funds

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These are shocking news revealing how far a son can reach to steal money from his own father. The case happened in Maryland, USA. Father and son were crypto investors and had already made some decent profit from their investments. The son, however, besides suffering from drugs addiction, wasn't satisfied with his part of the profit and wanted his father to cashout more money.

The father disagreed and said the son he should stop doing drugs instead. Upset, the son executed a plan where he poisoned his own father with a tea containing a high dose of benzodiazepines, which lead the man to fall unconscious, being found only 2 days later lay in his apartment and staying 4 days recovering on the hospital.

With the cellphone in hands, the son was able to access his father's funds and move two-thirds of the portfolio into ethereum, before being found and arrested. Now he is going to be moved to a rehab clinic for addicted. Glad the history didn't end so tragic as it could, as the victim is alive and recovered.

Son Almost Kills Father In Attempt To Steal $400,000 In Cryptocurrency

[OgNasty]

What a shocking story...  Imagine working your entire life to be killed by your own son for $400K...  I'm glad the father didn't die but I must say I'm a little shocked that this was done by his son and not some instagram model, but life is crazy.  Another thing that surprised me about this read was that he only got 125 days in jail for drugging and nearly killing his father, stealing $400K, and leaving his father undiscovered for days.  All for drugs and to get his money away from Bitcoin apparently.  How sad.  I'm sure if his Dad did die, once he blew all the money on drugs he would have been left in such a depressed state, he probably would have killed himself. 

What I don't understand about the case is that it sounds like they made the investment together, so why didn't his father just split it in 1/2 and let the son do whatever he wanted with it?  Why hold someone else's money from them?  I'd say there's definitely more than meets the eye to this story.  No less shocking to not have all the details though.

[coolcoinz]

He wasn't very smart. He saw Bitcoin in a bear market so he sold it and bought an altcoin. -50% for bitcoin usually means -60% or more for altcoins and that includes ETH.

Another thing that surprised me about this read was that he only got 125 days in jail for drugging and nearly killing his father, stealing $400K, and leaving his father undiscovered for days.  

We don't know what his father said in court. Maybe he did not want his son to be punished too severely, maybe told the story of his son being an addict.

What I don't understand about the case is that it sounds like they made the investment together, so why didn't his father just split it in 1/2 and let the son do whatever he wanted with it?  Why hold someone else's money from them?  I'd say there's definitely more than meets the eye to this story.  No less shocking to not have all the details though.

We don't know if the investment was 50/50. It was 100k, but maybe most of it belonged to the father and the son had a part of profits because it was his idea...
His father probably knew that the money would be spent on drugs so he told Liam to stop taking or go to rehab and then ask for the money. I'd probably do the same, even if it 50% was his money. I wouldn't want to live with the thought that he got the money and gave it all to some dealer.

[24Kt]

He wasn't very smart. He saw Bitcoin in a bear market so he sold it and bought an altcoin. -50% for bitcoin usually means -60% or more for altcoins and that includes ETH.

Another thing that surprised me about this read was that he only got 125 days in jail for drugging and nearly killing his father, stealing $400K, and leaving his father undiscovered for days. 

We don't know what his father said in court. Maybe he did not want his son to be punished to severely, maybe told the story of his son being an addict.

What I don't understand about the case is that it sounds like they made the investment together, so why didn't his father just split it in 1/2 and let the son do whatever he wanted with it?  Why hold someone else's money from them?  I'd say there's definitely more than meets the eye to this story.  No less shocking to not have all the details though.

We don't know if the investment was 50/50. It was 100k, but maybe most of it belonged to the father and the son had a part of profits because it was his idea...
His father probably knew that the money would be spent on drugs so he told Liam to stop taking or go to rehab and then ask for the money. I'd probably do the same, even if it 50% was his money. I wouldn't want to live with the thought that he got the money and gave it all to some dealer.

If the son is in normal condition like he's not doing drugs, I don't think he will do what he did to his father. Drugs can impair his rightful thinking. And maybe, the father is still the father and he doesn't want his son to suffer more. We don't know other things behind their situation. So even if we say, the son needs to suffer hard punishment, we can't judge them because there's more than meets the eyes in this kinda situation.

[taufik123]

The source of the problems of all these attempted murders on his father is because his son has become a drug addict and he continues to need drugs so he needs more money.
Cases like this are very sad when the son tries to kill his own father to steal Dana from his father's bitcoin wallet. Even he already had his own share but it certainly wouldn't be enough for the need to buy the forbidden item.
grateful that this case did not end tragically and his father is still alive.
Crypto or money does not look at anyone to do evil, even to one's own family as in this case. securing assets is very important and not just securing, it needs some backups and some additional security so that it cannot be accessed by others and never publish your personal portfolio to the public because it will be very dangerous.

[yazher]

The good thing about it was he didn't follow up any attempt to kill his dad and he only wanted to steal some money. Drug addiction is another thing no matter how strong their bonds are as a father and son. That's why we only need to be the only one who knows our keys and passwords because if there comes a time when someone wanted to get our assets from us, they cannot just simply take us down to get it from us.

[mk4]

Existing topic (same story, just with a different linked article) here: Topic: Bitcoin theft and mobile phone https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5384366

[DapanasFruit]

What a shocking story. What I don't understand about the case is that it sounds like they made the investment together, so why didn't his father just split it in 1/2 and let the son do whatever he wanted with it? 

This is really a very tragic story but thankfully they are both alive. The main reason why the son made this crime is because he is under the influence of drugs...so if one is in Bitcoin or crypto one must never do drugs and if one is in drugs please he must never be in Bitcoin or crypto as the two combination can potentially be fatal just like in this case. This is another curse of the drug menace which America is really addicted with...and I am sure this will never be the last of this kind of story as USA has always been the big paradise of illicit drug business.

[Darker45]

I hope this is not bannered as a news against cryptocurrency, though. But I guess this made news partly because it involves cryptocurrency.

Anyway, this is nothing shocking actually. There are worse than this. How many parents have actually been killed by their own children for so flimsy a reason? Or how many people have been sent to unreasonable wars, killing each other because somebody up there is telling them to?

It is not about killing for Bitcoin or Ethereum or an ideology or an order or whatever. It is about killing itself. Ugh, hoomans!

[bhooscream]

How poor that father!!

Anyway, I assume the son knows the password or the key phrase of the wallet, so he has the motivation to steal it. Or the son knows that his father never quits the wallet on the phone, so it is always accessible. From this case, we should learn that we must be more careful with our crypto asset, don't let someone has a chance to steal them. Even when our phone is stolen, make sure someone cannot access our crypto wallets. Never keep private data in the phone and always quit the wallet after we access it. In addition, never share the private data with an untrusted person, even he is our family member.

[Pmalek]

What I don't understand about the case is that it sounds like they made the investment together, so why didn't his father just split it in 1/2 and let the son do whatever he wanted with it?

Maybe because he knew that his son was a degenerate drug addict who would just spend it all on booze and drugs and be left standing with empty pockets after a while. They made $350.000 profit after cashing out one part of their holdings, and although we don't know how the money was divided among the two men, apparently it wasn't enough for the son.

so if one is in Bitcoin or crypto one must never do drugs and if one is in drugs please he must never be in Bitcoin or crypto as the two combination can potentially be fatal just like in this case.

Luckily, if you stay away from Bitcoin, things like this can't or have never happened in history with fiat right? How evil Bitcoin is. Druggies will do anything to get their next fix. It it's not crypto, it's fiat money, if it's not fiat money, it's this or that. If his father had golden teeth, I doubt he would have hesitated to knock them out if he wanted/needed to.

[Upgrade00]

From this case, we should learn that we must be more careful with our crypto asset, don't let someone has a chance to steal them. Even when our phone is stolen, make sure someone cannot access our crypto wallets.

While trying to maintain utmost safety, we also have to consider creating a contingency option should something happen to you, that someone you want to can inherit your assets. We definitely would not want our funds to be completely lost in case on an untoward circumstance.This story is a sad one, but not really surprising in the present day, greed and addictions can easily push someone to situations that make them desperate such as debt.
It is a god thing the dad is safe and alive.

[bitbollo]

I am really sorry to read such news.
Sadly drug addiction creates a lot of problem and depends the type of drugs the effects are really devastating and money are not enough in any case.
Latins repeated over the times "pecunia non olet" translated "money does not stink".
But family is something unique and unrepeatable in your life.
Excluding special cases like this, it's probably the only thing besides the blockchain that we can trust blindly.