TEENS Kidnap Las Vegas Man on Gunpoint, stealing $ 4 million in Cripto
Three teenagers were accused of kidnapping a man on weapons after he returned from the crypto event in Las Vegas, before he drove an hour out of town and robbed from four million dollars crypto and non-fungal tokens.
According to the police, the incident happened last November. The victim ended the hosting of an event related to the crypt in the center of Las Vegas, and when he returned home, the suspects forced him into the vehicle and drove it to a remote desert area for an hour away from the city.
There forced him to hand over the passwords to his accounts, toward By 10. May Report from Las Vegas Local News 8 News now.
The man allegedly said that the teenager claims if he wanted to “live to see another day”, and because they also “had their father and killed him”, according to the report.
He also claimed that the fourth person may have communicated with three young men through a telephone call during the incident, which victim could hear via speakers.
After his accounts were drained in the amount of four million dollars Cripto and NFTSThe victim, as reported, walked five kilometers through the desert to reach a petrol station in which he could call a friend to help.
Two 16-year-olds from Florida are faced with charges, including robbery, kidnapping and extortion in connection with the incident. The third teenager allegedly involved in the plot left the country, prosecutors say.
One of the young men is behind bars with a deposit set to $ 4 million, while the rest was published in the home arrest with electronic tracking. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for June, and both teenagers are judged as adults.
Digital Advinier Saša Hodder said In 10. May in the form publish that this case illustrates how “Crypto steal develops. It is no longer just social engineering or SIM Swaps more.”
UPTICK in thieves Targeting Cripto Industry Offline
The participants of the CRIPTO industry are increasingly becoming target for kidnappings and extortion. In the case of a recent May 3, the father of the crypt’s entrepreneur was Free from the police in Paris, France, after being held A few days in connection with 7 million euros ($ 7.8 million) convenient for kidnapping.
In February, UK Cripto Broker She allegedly jumped 30 feet from the balcony To avoid kidnappers who threatened to torture and kill him if he did not hand over 30,000 euros ($ 30,917) crypto.
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Meanwhile, Jameson Lopp, Cipherpunk and co-founder of the Samorestoda company Casa, created a list On GitHub, recording on the absart of the Cripto looting worldwide.
The first date in 2014. year, when someone allegedly tried to extort Computer scientist and cryptograph Hal Finney of 1,000 bitcoin (Btc) It’s worth $ 400,000 at the time.
So far, there have been 21 incidents of robberies associated with the Crypt in connection with the character, according to the list of LLPP. In 2024. year, there were 28 incidents, while 17. 2023. and 32. and 32. years.
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