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Ex-LAPD Officer Gets Life in Prison After Posing as Police to Steal $350K Worth of BTC

CryptoPotato Published 05.08.2026 10:11

Eric Halem, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer with 13 years of experience, was sentenced for orchestrating a fake police raid that ended with the theft of $350,000 in…

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