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New Crypto Kidnapping Risk: Bitcoin Surge Fuels Physical Crimes

May 27, 2025

Crypto kidnapping is on the rise, as Bitcoin’s record-breaking surge fuels a chilling wave of physical crimes targeting digital asset holders. Across the U.S. and Europe, masked intruders, violent abductions, and ransom demands in Bitcoin are no longer rare headlines — they’re becoming part

Blockchain·Community·Security·Technology

Crypto CEO Survives Kidnapping After $1M Ransom Paid

November 10, 2024

A Toronto crypto CEO is safe after a harrowing kidnapping ordeal. A $1 million ransom has reportedly been paid for his release, raising new concerns about the security risks facing high-profile figures in the cryptocurrency industry. Dean Skurka, CEO of WonderFi Technologies, a Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform, was abducted near University Avenue and Richmond Street

September 25, 2025

Texas Brothers Charged in Minnesota Crypto Kidnapping and Theft Case

Two Texas brothers have been charged with seven felonies after allegedly carrying

September 1, 2025

Crypto Kidnapping: India Jails 14, Including Cops & Ex-MLA

An Indian court sentenced 14 people, including 11 police officers and a

Community·Security

Kidnapper of Canada’s ‘Crypto King’ Pleads Guilty in Wild $16M Saga

Deren Akyeam-Pong pleaded guilty to nine charges, including kidnapping and assault, in the 2022 abduction of Ontario’s “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski, whose

October 16, 2025