A young Russian couple running a crypto business in Buenos Aires is invited to a meeting by pretending and then is invited to a meeting before being invited to a nearby Palermo. Authorities are now working with Interpol to find Russian prisoners who fled the country.
As It has been reported On May 23, by Argentine News Outlet Lanasion, the couple was invited to a private meeting in a rental apartment in Palermo by two Russian citizens after their first business meeting at a local bar.
Once in the property, the victim was beaten, tied up and forced. They were forced to transfer the $43,398 code from their phone to the attacker’s wallet.
The temptants then asked for another $100,000 from the Russian victim’s parents, sent the video and requested payment via QR code. Another local media outlet, infobae, Confirmed The ransom was paid.
The ordeal ended when the female victim was able to seek help from the balcony, screaming in English and grab the attention of nearby restaurant workers.
Buenos Aires police answered an emergency call and rushed to the scene and found the couple tied up and shocked inside the apartment. Language barriers initially delayed communication, but friends arrived to translate before official court interpreters recorded formal statements.
By the time the officers arrived, the attackers had already fled. Investigators later confirmed that both suspects had departed Argentina from Ezeiza International Airport within hours of the invitation.
The case is being handled by federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano and the Southern Anti-Kidnapping Division (PFA) of the Federal Police. Federal judge Maria Servini ordered the international arrest of the suspect.
Global violence against cryptographic numbers is rising
Global violence against crypto numbers has seen a surge in physical attacks, tricks, tricks and robberies in recent years, targeting crypto executives, entrepreneurs and their families.
Last week, the same time as New York City. Police arrested Kentucky crypto entrepreneur John Waltz for allegedly luring and tortured his former business partner, Italian tourist.
The victim was forced to detain in a gorgeous Soho townhouse for over two weeks. There, Warts reportedly used chainsaws, drugs and physical assaults to force him to reveal the password for his crypto account.
Earlier this month, in Paris, his grandson is narrow, the CEO and co-founder of Paymium, a French crypto exchange. Escaped the attempt of an armed temptation By a masked man who tried to force them to get them into the van.
French police recently rescued the aided father of the crypto company boss during an attack in which the temptation demanded millions of euros of ransom and mutilated his finger.
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