Scottish Prisoner Sentenced to 8 Years for Plotting to Steal $2.7 Million in Cryptocurrency

The High Court of Scotland has sentenced 29-year-old Robert Barr to 8 years in prison for attempting to steal approximately $2.7 million in cryptocurrency while incarcerated. Two accomplices, Sean Favier and Iain Doyle, were sentenced to 4 years and 5 years respectively, all three having pleaded guilty. Barr had previously served 21 months in Edinburgh prison for fraud and planned to have his accomplices break into the victim's home to force them to install remote control software AnyDesk, allowing them to remotely access the computer to transfer the cryptocurrency. On the night of April 17, 2024, the accomplices went to the victim's residence but failed due to being spotted by a doorbell camera. The victim is a co-founder of a cryptocurrency startup, and Barr's accomplices had previously attempted a burglary at the residence in January 2024 but were unable to extract funds due to the lack of a PIN code. The judge noted that the plan had been prepared over several months, and Barr had also contacted the outside world through illegal means to orchestrate the crime, which constituted significant aggravating circumstances.

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