Scottish man pleads guilty to buying gun and 100 bullets with crypto to 'kill himself'
A Scottish man who used crypto to buy 100 rounds of ammo and a gun from the US to allegedly kill himself has pleaded guilty to an array of gun charges, alongside owning pornographic material of animals and children. As reported by the Scottish Daily Express, 28-year-old James Maxwell purchased a Glock pistol with £1,000 worth of crypto currency from an online vendor in the US and ordered it to his address in Fife. However, his package was apprehended by US authorities, and both the gun and ammo were discovered hidden inside a household electronic device. The illegal content was removed before US authorities tipped off Scottish police and sent the package onwards to Maxwell’s address. Then, when his package was delivered on January 11, Scottish police raided his property and found him wearing blue latex gloves while handling the contents of the package. When his laptop was seized Maxwell was discovered to be in possession of a sexually explicit video of an underage girl and ...