Ghershony began advising his father on a relatively new form of investing through cryptocurrencies, which are essentially online computer codes that allow people to store and send value online. The older Ghershony found it helpful.

The two cashed out part of their crypto holdings in 2018 and earned an after-tax profit of about $350,000,

“Dad you need to sell,” the older Ghershony recalled his son telling him.

“No, you need to stop doing drugs,” the father responded.

He fastened an Apple Watch around his dad’s wrist to monitor his heartbeat. Then, using his dad’s phone for authorization, he moved $400,000 of bitcoin to an account he could control, and converted two-thirds of it to another cryptocurrency, Ethereum.

He failed to realize the effect of such a dose of a benzodiazepine on a non-addict. “I obviously had a massive tolerance."

[The father] remembered his son served him tea that was supposed to give him more energy, according to records in the case, but said he told the detectives he had no memory of what happened next.

“It’s really good for you,” Liam Ghershony, 24, told his father.

Unknown to the recipient, the powder was a benzodiazepine, a class of depressants that includes drugs like Xanax, and was delivered in a dose large enough to purposely knock him out. Then, free to use his father’s cellphone, Ghershony tapped through a two-step authorization to hack into a $400,000 cryptocurrency account.

Another article, ... this one from Decrypt:

Maryland Man Drugs Father to Access His $400,000 in Bitcoin
https://decrypt.co/92072/maryland-man-drugs-father-to-access-his-400000-in-bitcoin

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