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CASE 099  |  Mark Geor  |  September 9, 2021  |  New Zealand
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  99
  date                September 9, 2021
  original_date       September 9, 2021
  year                2021
  month               9
  quarter             2021-Q3
  victim              Mark Geor
  location            Westmere, New Zealand
  country             New Zealand
  scenario            Armed Robbery in Public Space
  description         Safe containing $4M of cryptocurrency ripped from house
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    0
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        $4 million
  coin_type           Bitcoin
  reports             New Zealand Herald
  notes               thieves knew exactly where are cameras, where to switch off electricity to disarm the alarm, no fingerprints (sed gloves) or footprints (concrete floors)
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Mark Geor
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** Armed Robbery in Public Space
  
  **Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** $4 million in Bitcoin
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crypto-heist-raiders-steal-safe-containing-4m-in-cryptocurrency-from-westmere-home/PI3L5LMS6PCSVABJDYSW5O4YGA/

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 100: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   New Zealand Herald
  URL      http://google.com/url?q=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crypto-heist-raiders-steal-safe-containing-4m-in-cryptocurrency-from-westmere-home/PI3L5LMS6PCSVABJDYSW5O4YGA/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1761105043807042&usg=AOvVaw37Aj2KOBCN9FnDpORGhvfg
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 100, column "Articles"
  Length   1,987 chars
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Crypto heist: Raiders steal safe containing $4m in cryptocurrency from Westmere home


Raiders stole a safe containing $4 million in cryptocurrency in what appears to be a sophisticated "inside job" targeting a wealthy businessman's home, the Weekend Herald can reveal.

Mark Geor, who manages Rock and Rubble, a quarry transporting service, said his family home in the affluent Auckland suburb of Westmere was burgled while it was being renovated - and the thieves took an extraordinary haul.

In his only interview, Geor described the burglary as "fishy".

"We have lived there since 2017 and never had an issue. This burglary was executed with surgical precision," he said.

"Someone has done their homework; they knew exactly where the security cameras are and where the safe was. They won't have any idea of what's inside the safe. If they are able to crack it open, I think they will take out what they can sell," Geor said.

In early August, while their home was being renovated, Geor, 33, his wife Clare,32, and their two young sons moved to Takapuna.


On September 9, when Geor went to the Westmere house to collect the mail, he noticed a builder's wheelbarrow with a pillow on it. He had a "hunch" and felt something wasn't right.

He discovered the house had been broken into. Burglars had entered through a side door, where there were no security cameras.

"When I realised the front door and side doors were unlocked, I thought, 'S***, this isn't good,'" Geor said. "They turned off the power and disarmed my alarm and back-up battery. The electrical switchboard, control box for the alarm was in the same room as the safe. If you set the alarm there is a wee delay before it goes off, it looks like they were able to shut it off pretty quickly, so they knew what they were doing."

All that was left behind was a small crowbar, an electrician's screwdriver and glove prints. Forensic experts were unable to obtain fingerprints or footprints because of the concrete floors.

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