12 Sep 2018 All the suspects charged with the largest data theft in Iceland, including the theft of 600 powerful bitcoin detectors at the end of last year have denied charges.
7 Jun 2018Sindri Þór Stefánsson, a suspect in the so-called bitcoin heist and who escaped from prison in April to be arrested in Amsterdam, is now banned from any travel and has to carry equipment to monitor his every move.
23 Apr 2018Escaped prisoner Sindri Þór Stefánsson suspected of masterminding the Bitcoin Heist in Iceland will be returning to Iceland in the next few days confirms his lawyer Þorgils Þorgilsson.
21 Apr 2018Police hold a variety of evidence against Sindri Þór Stefánsson who escaped from Sognið prison last week. Phone reords, car rental records and drawings of the computer data centre which was robbed, found at his home, are amongst the evidence held by police.
20 Apr 2018Ólafur Helgi Kjartansson, chief of police in Suðurnesjar, South West Iceland, says that all of the statements made by Sindri Þór Stefánsson in a declaration sent to Fréttablaðið newspaper, are wrong, except for one.
20 Apr 2018Sindri Þór Stefánsson, the prisoner who escaped from Sognið open prison and fled Iceland on Wednesday morning has sent a declaration to Fréttablaðið newspaper saying that he was held in jail without justice and that he's going to prove it. He also said he's coming home to Iceland soon.
18 Apr 2018The prisoner who escaped from the Sognið open prison was on the same flight out of Iceland as Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. The PM was travelling to Sweden to meet with Nordic heads of state and the Indian Prime Minister.