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Prisoner Jailed for 8 Years Over $2.7M Crypto Theft Plot Run From His Cell
Robert Barr planned to have accomplices force a crypto investor to install remote-access software so he could drain the wallet from prison.
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- Robert Barr planned to have accomplices force a crypto investor to install remote-access software so he could drain the wallet from prison.
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