[Scottish Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Plotting $2.7 Million Crypto Theft from Jail] According to Decrypt, the Scottish High Court sentenced 29-year-old Robert Barr to eight years in prison for plotting to steal up to £2 million (approximately $2.7 million) in crypto assets while serving time in Edinburgh Prison. The plan involved two accomplices breaking into the home of a co-founder of a crypto startup in Midlothian, forcing him to install the remote control software AnyDesk, and then having Barr remotely control the computer to transfer the crypto assets to a wallet under his control. In April 2024, the two were spotted by the victim's doorbell camera when they went to the victim's home, and the plot failed. His two accomplices, Sean Favier and Iain Doyle, were sentenced to four and five years in prison respectively.