An American tourist in London mistakenly took a fake Uber and had over $123,000 worth of cryptocurrency stolen

On May 21st, as per Decrypt's report, an American tourist lost more than $123,000 in cryptocurrency in a suspected premeditated theft case that took place in London's West End. This happened after he had a brief stay in the city and went out for a night. Jacob Irwin-Cline, from Portland, Oregon, left the nightclub The Roxy in the Soho area at around 1:30 a.m. on May 9th. He had called an Uber as he was on a two-day layover in the city. The police stated that the driver learned his name from the app and intercepted him on the spot. Subsequently, Irwin-Cline requested to view the nightclub's CCTV footage, which showed him getting into a dark-colored sedan instead of the Toyota Prius displayed on his Uber app. The driver then handed him a cigarette, which was suspected to be laced with a sedative. Under the influence of the drug, Irwin-Cline inadvertently revealed the unlock code of his phone, enabling the perpetrator to access his encrypted accounts. After that, he was dumped in an unfamiliar area of London. The police later confirmed that the attacker, after forcibly logging into his Revolut account, directly accessed his cryptocurrency wallet.