local authorities have accused a resident of Lincolnshire, UK, of attempting to blackmail the supermarket chain (Tesco).
According to the Yorkshire Post, Nigel Wright, a sheep farmer, allegedly wrote to Tesco a series of letters claiming to have grown contaminated baby food in supermarkets Their own. Then he allegedly offered to uncover contaminated baby food sites for roughly $ 1.8 million in Bitcoin.
According to the newspaper, Wright is believed to have been part of a group of disaffected farmers who felt the grocery chain had paid them less than the price of their goods in the past.
No information has been provided about other members of the group, who appear to have worked under the name Guybrush and the Dairy Pirates.
However, it should be noted that their name appears to be a reference to the 1990's point-and-click adventure game, The Secret Monkey Island.
The plaintiffs from the Old Bailey Wright court were charged with two counts of contaminating the goods and four counts of extortion.
The report states that Wright initially requested 100 BTC from Tesco, but later increased the amount to 200 BTC.
Local authorities also claim that Wright threatened to kill a driver who got into a fight with him, and demanded more than $ 196,000 in Bitcoin, while the farmer denied all charges before a judge.
(Amazon Fun Knowledge)
