2024-08-02 10:35:17
Four Arrested in Kyiv for Kidnapping and Murder of Bitcoiner, Theft of $170,000 in Bitcoin
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In Kyiv, Ukraine, police have arrested four men, aged 24 to 29, for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a 29-year-old foreign national Bitcoiner. The suspects reportedly planned the attack and executed it around midnight on July 29, according to Kyiv Police. Residents alerted the police after hearing screams and witnessing the victim being forcibly pushed into a car by several individuals. The victim was subsequently taken to an abandoned building, where he was coerced into transferring approximately 7 million Ukrainian hryvnias worth of Bitcoin (about 2.55 BTC). The attackers then strangled the victim and buried his body in a nearby forest.