Tagged: kidnapping

July 3, 2020 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A criminal court in Russia has reportedly rejected a motion to offer restitution to a victim after they lost around 100 Bitcoin (BTC), an amount currently valued at around $910,000. In 2018, two Russian men impersonating the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) agents had allegedly… Read More

January 22, 2019 @ 9:50 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Police in South Africa have arrested suspects believed to be behind the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy from Witbank and the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl from Middelburg, Times Live reports. The boy was reportedly kidnapped “in broad daylight” close to his home on… Read More

January 9, 2019 @ 10:25 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Police and Norwegian media are reporting that the wife of one of Norway’s richest people went missing from her home October 31st, and hasn’t been seen since. According to Norwegian police, “the main hypothesis” is that 68-year-old Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was abducted. Police say they found… Read More

September 19, 2018 @ 8:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A South African businessperson kidnapped two months ago was returned safely to his family this week amid rumours that captors demanded a ransom of 50 Bitcoins for his release. According to The South African, Liyaqat Parker, 65, was kidnapped from the parking garage under his workplace… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Exmo, a top cryptocurrency exchange, has had its CEO Pavel Lerner kidnapped, according to a report in the BBC. The article states that Lerner was leaving his office in Kiev, Ukraine on December 26th when he was “dragged into a black Mercedes-Benz by men wearing balaclavas.”… Read More