Svmuu News: A British gang that posed as police officers, created a fake police website, and called cryptocurrency holders pretending to be law enforcement to convince them to transfer funds to so-called “secure accounts”—thereby stealing $5.4 million worth of cryptocurrency—was sentenced this week. Hamza Bashir, 23; Kevin Nwamma, 25; and Anthony Ikenwe, 29, were sentenced to six years and nine months, 11 years, and 11 years in prison, respectively. The stolen funds were used to purchase luxury items, including a £60,000 car, vacations to Thailand and Japan, and goods from brands such as Harrods, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, and Rolex. Police also discovered 500,000 pounds in cash in a safe and determined that most of the stolen cryptocurrency had been converted into debit cards. The gang members also falsified their annual incomes, with one reporting an income of just 444 pounds.