Bitcoin Magazine Former LAPD Officer Convicted in $350,000 Bitcoin Kidnapping and Home Invasion A jury in Los Angeles convicted former Los Angeles Police Department officer Eric Halem of kidnapping and robbery after he and three alleged accomplices posed as police to steal $350,000 in bitcoin from a 17-year-old during a 2024 home invasion. Former LAPD Officer Convicted in $350,000 Bitcoin Kidnapping and Home Invasion Micah Zimmerman.