LAPD recovers $2.7M worth of Bitcoin miners stolen in airport heist

  • The Los Angeles Police Department has recovered $2.7 million worth of Bitcoin mining machines it alleges were stolen by a crime ring in a heist at the city's airport.The LAPD said on April 22 that detectives from its Cargo Theft Unit, along with the city's Port Police, the railroad-based Union Pacific Police, and the city's Airport Police, arrested Oscar David Borrero-Manchola and Yonaiker Rafael Martinez-Ramos over the thefts. Authorities claimed the pair are “prominent members” of a South American crime ring tied to the theft and sale of stolen goods in and around Los Angeles.