The four thieves dressed in tracksuits and balaclavas also wielded what appeared to be a gun they are understood to have hit Mr Aston over the head.
Mr Aston was demanded to transfer a stream of funds to an account named by the four men.
He reportedly pretended to have completed the transaction - police confirmed later that no money was moved or stolen from the cryptocurrency trader.
Not the brightest of thieves though.
For cases like that maybe have a fake XMR wallet with only few XMR in it you can willingly hand over ... its not like they could trace that you got more