A traffic police officer in Ufa, Russia, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing approximately 20 million rubles (about hundreds of thousands of US dollars) worth of Bitcoin. The case dates back to 2022, during which the officer illegally obtained access to the mobile phones of two detainees, transferring BTC through messaging apps and cryptocurrency wallets, and also used violence during the investigation. The court sentenced him to seven years in a regular prison, ordered him to pay approximately 20 million rubles in compensation to the victims, and stripped him of his police rank. (Bits.media)