A New England man planted a fake bomb on the Harvard University campus last month as part of an attempt to extort a “large” amount of Bitcoin from the school, according to a criminal complaint. Problem is, he didn’t do a good job of covering his tracks.
A New England man planted a fake bomb on the Harvard University campus last month as part of an attempt to extort a “large” amount of Bitcoin from the Ivy League school,William A. Giordani, 55, was arrested on Tuesday by federal agents and remains detained pending a Friday court hearing. He stands charged in Massachusetts federal court with conspiracy, along with aiding and abetting an extortionate threat.
Each device had “an explosive yield of at least 80 megajoules and contain several pounds of metal shrapnel,” the caller continued, saying that he estimated the force would kill at least 40 students and injure hundreds more.“In the meantime, you should begin preparing a large bitcoin transaction as soon as possible so that any technical difficulties can be resolved in the next 96 minutes,” the caller continued.
In the meantime, Harvard police officers went to the plaza and found the Husky tool bag on a bench, according to the complaint, which says they then cordoned off the area around the bag and cleared the adjacent buildings. The Cambridge Police Department’s bomb disposal unit arrived shortly thereafter, and used a robot to execute a controlled destruction of the bag.
“Officers spoke with him on the telephone again and Giordani claimed that he was not comfortable meeting because he could not verify the fact that the officers were in fact who they said they were,” the complaint goes on. “Giordani suggested that officers speak with his mother… which they did.” Giordani claimed he went to Worcester to get paid, but that the person stood him up. He also said the person “wasn't Asian , didn’t have kids , and started ‘spouting off a bunch of racist things about blacks and Jews,’” the complaint says.
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