According to CoinMeta, the Scottish High Court sentenced Robert Ball (Robert Barr) to 8 years in prison for plotting a cryptocurrency theft scheme worth approximately $2.7 million while in prison. Ball planned to have two accomplices force victims to install remote access software so that he could control computers from within the prison and transfer funds. The scheme failed after the victims refused to open their doors. Ball and his two accomplices pleaded guilty to participating in serious organized crime, and the judge described it as a daring crime that combined 21st-century computer technology with traditional burglary.