Put up your hands and start typing your PIN! A New York man was robbed at gunpoint of $1,100 worth of bitcoin, police told CNBC.com on Friday. The case is strongly similar to at least one other robbery in the Big Apple involving the digital currency earlier this year.

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The latest combination street-cyber crime occurred at around 11:30 a.m. on May 27 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. The 28-year-old victim told police he went to a street corner there to meet a man who had answered his Craigslist.com ad offering bitcoins for sale, police said. The purported buyer then led the victim to a car to complete the purchase, where another man sitting in the backseat pulled a gun and ordered the victim to electronically transfer the bitcoins to the thieves, cops said.

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After the victim sent the bitcoins, the thugs then took the victim's cellphone, and drove off, according to police. The victim then called 911. "It's still under investigation," said the police spokeswoman. She said there was no surveillance video footage of the virtual money stickup available.