After a Violent Kidnapping, Crypto Elites Hire a Bodyguard

In Zaporizhzhia, a father and his older son organized the kidnapping of their younger son for $500,000 in cryptocurrency.

Seven UK gang members who kidnapped, tortured and extorted a cryptocurrency investor have been convicted and sentenced to prison terms.

Last week, Hong Kong police authorities arrested two 38-year-old women from mainland China for allegedly abducting a three-year-old boy.

The recent kidnapping case in the Philippines involving two ethnic Chinese hostages who were lured to the country and killed has highlighted the growing use of cryptocurrencies in criminal activities.

The saga couldn’t get any stranger. After facing an existential lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission late last year, Wyoming-based crypto company Debt Box revealed prosecutors had misled a federal judge.

A man was kidnapped from downtown Portland on Nov. 10, 2023, driven to this rural area of Banks, tied to a post with duct tape, beaten and found by a passerby early the next morning, according to federal court and police records

A 32-year-old woman was charged with murdering Mirshahi. It wasn't confirmed whether the case had ties to his involvement with crypto.

Just one victim milked of nearly a quarter of a billion bucks

Scottish authorities tracked, traced and seized Bitcoin stolen during a 2020 home invasion, marking the first robbery in Scotland to involve cryptocurrency tracing.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Police Department is looking for the two men who allegedly robbed a woman as she tried to deposit thousands of dollars into a cryptocurrency kiosk.

Eleven Israeli tourists were robbed during a violent attack on Santa Teresa de Cóbano beach in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT has noted an uptick in crypto robberies where people in the crypto space are being held and threatened at gunpoint.

He lost 1,112 ETH, which is currently valued at $3.8 million, from two different wallets.

Drakon hints that someone from Revelo Ventures may be involved but avoids details to protect his family and the investigation.

A young man's attempt to cash out his cryptocurrency savings resulted in his assault and near roberry in Singapore recently

More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US.

Crypto is a popular target for cybercriminals, who rely on its anonymity and lack of regulation.

Rooch Network CEO Haichao Zhu visited Bangkok for the upcoming Devcon event