| December 29, 2014 |
Hal Finney |
Santa Barbara , California |
Bitcoin developer SWATted after months of harrassment & extortion |
| January 3, 2015 |
Amanda McCollum |
Atlanta, Georgia |
BTM thieves strike smoke shop, fire gun |
| January 22, 2015 |
Martin Wismeijer |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Thieves steal 2 bitcoin ATMs |
| February, 2015 |
Dean Katz |
New York, New York |
Bitcoin trader robbed of $12,000 at gunpoint |
| May 27, 2015 |
Dwayne Richards |
New York, New York |
Firefighter kidnapped, robbed of $1,100, & stabbed by crypto thieves |
| November 16, 2015 |
Robert Nederhoed |
Delft, Netherlands |
Thieves steal bitcoin ATM containing 2,000 EUR |
| July 11, 2016 |
Tadas Kasputis |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
Cryptocurrency executive kidnapped at car wash |
| July 25, 2016 |
Steve Manos |
West Palm Beach, Florida |
Bitcoin trader robbed of $28,000 at gunpoint |
| August 14, 2016 |
Multiple |
Toronto, Ontario |
Police arrest teens in string of bitcoin-related robberies |
| November 6, 2016 |
Tivoli Brasserie |
Oudenbosch, Netherlands |
Dutch Bitcoin ATM Owner Laughs at Thieves Who Took His Machine |
| February 16, 2017 |
Josoj |
London, England |
Description of robbery during Localbitcoins trade with Bitcoin Uncensored interview and the robber's side of the story. |
| February 26, 2017 |
Rocelo Lopes' wife |
Florianopolis, Brazil |
Wife of crypto exchange owner kidnapped and ransomed |
| March 14, 2017 |
3 Indian Bitcoin traders |
Dubai, UAE |
3 Emiratis pose as cops, kidnap victims and rob them of 25 BTC |
| June 17, 2017 |
Miyuki Noda |
Gifu, Japan |
Woman strangled, attacker takes 100,000 yen worth of BTC |
| September 4, 2017 |
Alexey Sherstne |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
Man tortured for $50k in Bitcoins |
| October 16, 2017 |
Jameson Lopp |
Durham, North Carolina |
Bitcoin developer SWATted & extorted |
| October, 2017 |
Multiple |
Toulouse, France |
4 bitcoin traders robbed at gunpoint |
| October, 2017 |
Multiple |
Los Angeles, California |
"Discount Bitcoin Bandits" committed 5 robberies at gunpoint |
| November 4, 2017 |
Unidentified |
New York, New York |
Man robbed of $1.8M of ETH |
| November 15, 2017 |
Unidentified |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Gang stole $2.83M in BTC from businessman |
| December, 2017 |
Unidentified |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
600 Bitcoin ASICs stolen and Follow-up Story |
| December 26, 2017 |
Pavel Lerner |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
Bitcoin exchange owner kidnapped & ransomed |
| ?, 2018 |
"T.W." |
Los Angeles, CA |
Home invasion by FBI impersonator who demanded laptop passwords to access cryptocurrency. |
| January 3, 2018 |
"Dallas" |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Convicted felon accused of firing gun inside downtown Milwaukee condo during Bitcoin sale |
| January 14, 2018 |
Pavel Nyashin |
Leningrad Oblast, Russia |
Blogger Who Boasted About Crypto Wealth Beaten and Robbed For $425k |
| January 15, 2018 |
Maxsim Latsoka & Anna Nikurina |
Phuket, Thailand |
Russian gang steals 100,000 Euros in BTC from young Russian couple |
| January 18, 2018 |
____ Lee |
North Point, Hong Kong |
Bitcoin trader lured to bogus meeting and robbed of HK$1.4M |
| January 23, 2018 |
Canadian Bitcoins |
Ottawa, Canada |
Failed armed robbery attempt of Canadian bitcoin exchange |
| January 27, 2018 |
Danny Aston & Amy Jay |
Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England |
Armed home invasion of Bitcoin trading firm owner |
| January 29, 2018 |
Unidentified |
Cumming, Georgia |
Five men arrested for planning armed home invasion of bitcoin owner |
| January 2018 |
Unidentified |
Odessa, Ukraine |
Several men pose as bitcoin sellers, beat and rob buyer of 1.5 Million UAH ($57,000 USD |
| February 9, 2018 |
Sailesh Bhatt |
Amreli, India |
Police Officers Beat, Extorted 200 BTC from Businessman |
| February 21, 2018 |
____ Tai |
Taichung, Taiwan |
Four men assault bitcoin seller & transfer 18 BTC |
| February 23, 2018 |
Yury Mayorov |
Moscow, Russia |
Crypto Developer Beaten, Robbed Of 300 BTC |
| February 23, 2018 |
Unidentified |
Moscow, Russia |
Crypto investor has face mutilated, robbed of $1M in BTC |
| March 2018 |
Undisclosed woman |
Killingly, Connecticut |
2 women invaded home of another woman who had opened a "Bitcoin account" in the name of one of the attackers and used it to steal her money. |
| March 2018 |
Unidentified Miner |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
Miner kidnapped, extorted for $50,000. Kidnappers caught 8 months later. |
| March 22, 2018 |
Multiple gas stations |
Irving & Mesquite, Texas |
Robbers douse clerks with pepper spray, steal from Bitcoin ATMs in Irving and Mesquite |
| April 8, 2018 |
Pang Joon Hau |
Singapore |
Man seeking to buy BTC robbed of $365,000 |
| April 11, 2018 |
Ryan Rice |
Miami, Florida |
Bitcoin buyer shoots robber in self defense |
| April 25, 2018 |
2 unidentified Asian brothers |
Dubai, UAE |
Gang of 10 robbed two brothers of AED 7m ($1.9m) in cash who were looking to buy Bitcoin |
| June 6, 2018 |
Unidentified 22-year-old |
Milan, Italy |
Robbers attempt bitcoin purchase with counterfeit money, beat victims and fire gun, take 50,000 euros |
| June 13, 2018 |
"Synth" |
China |
Home invasion of Skycoin architect resulted in theft of 18.88 BTC and 6,466 SKY |
| June 19, 2018 |
Unidentified |
Wels, Austria |
$250,000 in cryptocurrency taken by robbers posing as postmen |
| July 6, 2018 |
Austin Nedved |
Northborough, Massachussetts |
Armed home invasion of Localbitcoins trader |
| September 7, 2018 |
Nicholas Truglia |
New York, New York |
Friends accused of torturing pal to steal his cryptocurrency |
| November ?, 2018 |
Kieran Hamilton |
Manchester, England |
Crypto trader stabbed, robbed by home invaders |
| November 16, 2018 |
Andrew ______ |
Lanseria, South Africa |
Bitcoin trader drugged, beaten, and tortured before transferring BTC to attackers |
| February 10, 2019 |
Tjeerd H. |
Drouwenerveen, Netherlands |
Bitcoin trader tortured with drill |
| March 12, 2019 |
Costcutters |
Far Cotton, Northampton, England |
Bitcoin machine stolen during robbery |
| May 14, 2019 |
Undisclosed |
Oslo, Norway |
Bitcoin millionaire escapes armed home invader by jumping off balcony |
| June 30, 2019 |
Luftan Shaikh, Mohammad Shazad, Malang Shah |
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Criminal Gang Abducts & Tortures Cryptocurrency Traders, Demands 80 BTC Ransom |
| July 15, 2019 |
Bitcoin Exchange |
Sparkhill, Birmingham, England |
Masked raiders hold up Bitcoin Exchange in front of dozens of witnesses |
| July 26, 2019 |
Unidentified |
Wels, Austria |
Man raided in office (en) |
| August 26, 2019 |
Abdul Shakoor |
Dehradun, India |
Kingpin of Kerala bitcoin scam murdered in Dehradun |
| November 19, 2019 |
Simply Delicious Food Market |
Vernon, British Columbia |
Thieves break into BTM |
| January ?, 2020 |
Iroro Wisdom Ovie |
Abraka, Nigeria |
Man shot & killed by home invaders seeking $10,000 in bitcoin |
| January ?, 2020 |
17 y/o trader |
Preston, Lancashire, England |
Trader lured to apartment, kidnapped, driven around in car trunk. |
| January 8, 2020 |
Mark Cheng Jin Quan |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Blockchain advisor kidnapped, held at gunpoint, extorted for $60,000 in bitcoin |
| January 21, 2020 |
Mayfair Quick Mart |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2 men break into BTM, steal cash box |
| February 10, 2020 |
Unidentified couple |
Carlisle, England |
Home invaders force victims to create crypto exchange accounts |
| March 18, 2020 |
Unidentified siblings |
Blantyre, Scotland |
Home invader beats woman with Toblerone, forces victim to transfer $200,000 of BTC |
| May 17, 2020 |
Le Duc Nguyen |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
HCMC cops charged with $1.6 mln bitcoin robbery. Follow-up article here. |
| May 19, 2020 |
Exxon Gas Station |
East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania |
2 subjects pry open BTM in broad daylight |
| May 23, 2020 |
Ellis Pinsky |
Irvinton, NY |
2 men commit home invasion of hacker, seeking tens of millions of dollars in bitcoin |
| September, 2020 |
Male Freshman |
Kent, England |
Student robbed of bitcoin at knifepoint during first week at university. |
| October 1, 2020 |
Unidentified |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
Police kidnap a businessman, torture him, and force his wife to send them 7 bitcoin. |
| October 7, 2020 |
Mike's Produce |
Kelowna, BC, Canada |
Botched Bitcoin theft destroys deli |
| October 22, 2020 |
Undisclosed |
Riga, Latvia |
Man arrested for planning kidnapping and killing owners of cryptocurrencies |
| December ?, 2020 |
Undisclosed |
Dubai, UAE |
4 Ukrainian men attack Bitcoin buyer with deoderant |
| December 24, 2020 |
Undisclosed |
Ternopil, Ukraine |
Man kidnapped and tortured for $800k |
| Unknown, 2021 |
Dillon Attard |
Sliema, Malta |
Victim describes his disbelief as $700,000 stolen in front of him |
| January 5, 2021 |
37 y/o man |
Chai Wan, Hong Kong |
Robbers take US$387,000 in cash, 15BTC from man after in-person trade |
| January 18, 2021 |
Unidentified Woman |
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong |
Gang snatches HK$3.5 million from trader at knifepoint |
| January 23, 2021 |
Physical Exchange Employees |
Osztyn, Poland |
Two employees shot at physical Bitcoin exchange FlyingAtom |
| February 4, 2021 |
Married Couple |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Armed robbers invade home and force owners to hand over 1M+ SEK in BTC |
| February ?, 2021 |
Swiss & German |
Gujranwala, Pakistan |
Armed robbers take $93k in BTC at gunpoint |
| March 10, 2021 |
Bank director |
Recife, Brazil |
Man kidnapped by a gang , tied up, and had two teeth knocked out. He was released after he instructed his partner to transfer 4.78 BTC to the attackers. |
| March 16, 2021 |
29 y/o Berlin man |
Munich, Germany |
Robbers steal bitcoin worth almost 100,000 Euros |
| March 18, 2021 |
"F.T." |
Mendoza, Argentina |
Armed robbers steal iPhone, $5k at gunpoint |
| April 8, 2021 |
30 year old miner |
Zaporizhya, Ukraine |
Mining farm owner shoots at looters |
| April 13, 2021 |
Undisclosed |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Armed men force their way into Canyon Meadows home, steal cryptocurrency keys |
| May, 2021 |
14 y/o boy |
Bradford, UK |
Teen bitcoin trader kidnapped & ransomed |
| May, 2021 |
___ Ghershony |
Bethesda, Maryland |
Son drugs father, steals $400K in BTC |
| June 11, 2021 |
40 y/o man |
Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
Woman drugs man she met on chat app, steals $87K from his phone. |
| June 14, 2021 |
22 y/o man |
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong |
Trader temporarily blinded, HK$2 million stolen |
| June 24, 2021 |
39 y/o man |
Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
3 men posing as service technicians beat password out of Bitcoin owner |
| July, 2021 |
Unidentified man |
Omsk, Russia |
3 men kidnap and extort over $1M in crypto from victim |
| July 1, 2021 |
Unidentified man |
Unknown |
Bitcoin holder drugged and robbed by Tinder date |
| July 14, 2021 |
Morakinyo Peter & Yusuf Dayo |
Lagos, Nigeria |
Law Enforcement Officers rob 2 men of $50K USD in bitcoin at gunpoint |
| July 28, 2021 |
39 y/o man |
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong |
Trader robbed of HK$3 million at knifepoint |
| August ?, 2021 |
3 women |
Dubai, UAE |
4 Africans rob three women of $100,000 in a fake Bitcoin deal |
| August 8, 2021 |
Wesley Pessano Santarem |
Sao Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil |
Crypto Trader's Murder Blamed On Social Media Bragging |
| August 18, 2021 |
Simon Arthuis |
Plancher-Bas, France |
Computer engineering student killed for €200,000 in cryptocurrency |
| September ?, 2021 |
Unidentified 31 y/o |
Abkhazia |
Thieves break into garage, steal 20 mining servers worth $10,000. |
| September 9, 2021 |
Mark Geor |
Westmere, New Zealand |
Safe containing $4M of cryptocurrency ripped from house |
| October, 2021 |
Miner |
Tomsk, Russia |
Armed Robbers attack Miner at his Home, Steal 86 BTC |
| October 7, 2021 |
Liquor Store |
South Bay, California |
Thieves Break Into Liquor Store to Steal Bitcoin ATM |
| October 20, 2021 |
Astamur Ardzibna |
Abkhazia |
Man Shot Dead in Hail of Gunfire Over Crypto Mining Rigs |
| November 2, 2021 |
Zaryn Dentzel |
Madrid, Spain |
Home invaders torture social media founder, take tens of millions of euros in bitcoin |
| November 6, 2021 |
39 y/o trader |
Hong Kong |
Crypto trader kidnapped by Triad gang, beaten with hammers |
| November 12, 2021 |
GBTC Crypto Exchange |
Barcelona, Spain |
Thieves rip bitcoin ATM from crypto store |
| November 21, 2021 |
"E.Z." |
Los Angeles, CA |
Attempted robbery & kidnapping at gunpoint by business associate |
| December ?, 2021 |
Unidentified Family |
Sukhumi, Abkhazia |
2 masked men break into home, hold family at gunpoint before escaping with three servers and $2,040 in cash. |
| December 11, 2021 |
Camilla Guadagnuolo & Principe Nerini |
Bali, Indonesia |
Robbers take $400K in cash & bitcoin at knifepoint |
| December 15, 2021 |
Vincent Everts |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Armed home invaders threaten TV personality during livestream |
| December 27, 2021 |
2 unidentified males |
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |
11 Inmates take 2 inmates hostage, force them to transfer cryptocurrency |
| January 16, 2022 |
Gas Station |
Memphis, TN |
Suspects smash gas station with truck, steal Bitcoin ATM |
| January 21, 2022 |
34 y/o teacher |
Hoboken, Belgium |
3 men invade home, fail to force owner to hand over 3M Euros of BTC |
| February, 2022 |
John Forsyth |
Missouri |
Crypto founder kidnapped, zip-tied, threatened to be thrown off bridge. |
| February 2, 2022 |
Vinay Naik |
Pune, India |
Pune: 8 including cop arrested for kidnapping man to extort Bitcoin worth Rs 300 crore ( $50 million USD ) |
| February 3, 2022 |
Vinay Jain |
Surat, India |
Auto parts businessman brings suitcase full of $260K worth of cash to do an in-person crypto trade, gets beaten and robbed by 8 men. |
| February 3, 2022 |
Ilya Basin |
Brooklyn, New York |
Crypto consultant hog-tied, beaten during home invasion. |
| March, 2022 |
bitcoin trader |
Dubai, UAE |
4 men invade home, tie up man, steal $450K from safe. |
| March 2, 2022 |
Unidentified man |
Miami, FL |
Businessman ambushed by armed robber, has $1M watch & crypto wallet taken. |
| March 4, 2022 |
Electronics Dealer |
Pune, India |
Woman cop suspended for bid to extort crypto from trader |
| March 16, 2022 |
Pierrick Jamaux |
New York, New York |
Crypto expert shot 5 times by robber seeking Richard Mille watch. |
| March 30, 2022 |
"E.Z." |
Los Angeles, CA |
Attempted home invasion by 3 armed men; victim fired gun at attackers, who fled. |
| April, 2022 |
Unidentified trader |
Dubai, UAE |
9 robbers invaded the office of a bitcoin trader and took over $1,000,000 in cash. |
| April 21, 2022 |
Unidentified couple |
Norrköping, Sweden |
Couple tied up and beaten, forced to transfer cryptocurrency. |
| May, 2022 |
4 victims |
London, England |
Multiple incidents of crypto muggings around London. |
| May, 2022 |
Unidentified man |
Dubai, UAE |
Crypto expert assaulted & robbed by investors for losing money. |
| May 20, 2022 |
Factory Owner |
Klang, Malaysia |
12 men rob aluminum factory, steal 180 Bitcoin ASICs. |
| June, 2022 |
Undisclosed |
Osaka, Japan |
Son of Mitsubishi Electric CEO + 7 men kidnap, torture gym member for crypto assets. |
| July, 2022 |
Asian Investor |
Dubai, UAE |
Man suffers home invasion, loses ~$50,000 after attempting a face-to-face cash trade to buy bitcoin. |
| July, 2022 |
Vkusvill Supermarket |
Kuchino, Russia |
4 armed mask men rob warehouse, steal 100 GPUs. |
| August 6, 2022 |
30 y/o broker |
Manerba, Italy |
3 men follow a man home, hold him at knifepoint for BTC. |
| August 7, 2022 |
Arjun Bhargav |
Vrindavan Yojana, India |
3 men trick, abduct, torture realtor for 8 BTC. |
| September, 2022 |
Middle Aged Couple |
Richmond, B.C., Canada |
Multiple suspects posing as police invade home, tie up residents, steal $10M in crypto. |
| September 6, 2022 |
19 y/o hacker |
Lincolnshire, U.K. |
3 men, 1 posing as a cop, arrested while attempting home invasion. |
| September 12, 2022 |
19 y/o man |
Winnipeg, Canada |
Man held at gunpoint, assaulted and tied up during Bitcoin trade. |
| September 12, 2022 |
Unidentified couple |
Delray Beach, Florida |
Armed gang invades home, takes jewelry, electronics, cash. Tried but failed to drain Gemini account. |
| September 15, 2022 |
Russian Couple |
Koh Samui, Thailand |
Russian couple extorted by gang of foreign men at coffee shop. |
| September 15, 2022 |
Unidentified young man |
Homestead, Florida |
Armed gang invades home, takes jewelery, electronics. Kidnapped & tortured victim, failed to find his bitcoin. |
| December, 2022 |
Aiden Pleterski |
Toronto, Ontario |
"Crypto king" abducted, tortured, and beaten for days as his kidnappers sought millions in ransom |
| December 1, 2022 |
Russian Businessman |
Moscow, Russia |
Man kidnapped from his Bentley by 4 men, forced to give access to bitcoin wallet. |
| December 3, 2022 |
Unidentified man |
Lelystad, Netherlands |
Man responds to ad to sell his bitcoin, is attacked by several men & forced to transfer 30K EUR worth of BTC & ETH. |
| December 11, 2022 |
2 Russians |
Phuket, Thailand |
2 men who work on a cryptocurrency were kidnapped and robbed. |
| December 22, 2022 |
Unidentified man |
Little Elm, Texas |
Armed gang invades home, torture victims for 3 hours, take jewelery, fail to find hardware wallet with $1.4m. |
| January 14, 2023 |
Crypto Company |
Barcelona, Spain |
5 men stormed into a company's office armed with tasers and zip ties. |
| February 25, 2023 |
Yuri Boytsov |
Bali, Indonesia |
4 men invade crypto blogger's home, beat him until he transfers $284,000 in BTC. |
| February 27, 2023 |
German man |
Medellin, Colombia |
20 year old Venezuelan woman drugs and robs man of 1 BTC. |
| March 9, 2023 |
Peter Vuong |
Sydney, Australia |
Gang kidnaps boyfriend of crypto trader's relative, demands $5M ransom while torturing him for 6 days. |
| March 20, 2023 |
Virendra Malik |
Noida, India |
Couple stages robbery to steal bitcoin from their friend, but he doesn't comply. |
| March 29, 2023 |
48 y/o woman |
Seoul, South Korea |
4 men kidnap woman, steal crypto, murder her. |
| April, 2023 |
Unidentified Woman |
Dubai, UAE |
Driver & 3 friends lured an investor into a fake deal, robbed, electrocuted, stripped naked, and took blackmail videos. |
| April 12, 2023 |
76 y/o couple |
Durham, NC |
2 men posing as construction workers invade home, force transfer of $250K in crypto. |
| May 3, 2023 |
Unidentified man |
Benalmádena, Spain |
3 men kidnap crypto businessman, demand €1 million ransom. He was rescued by police. |
| May 26, 2023 |
Smoke Shop |
Houston, TX |
7 men arrested after ramming store with stolen truck in failed attempt to steal Bitcoin ATM. |
| June 2023 |
Crypto Entrepreneur |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
Crypto entrepreneur robbed at gunpoint in his home in Tel Aviv (Hebrew) |
| July 16, 2023 |
Unknown Couple |
Queens, NY |
Fake FBI agents in Porsche tase and tie up couple, steal Mercedes, $40K in cash, crypto |
| September 3, 2023 |
Italian man |
Phuket, Thailand |
Russian MMA fighter & twin brother rob man of watches, seek Ledger wallet. |
| October 30, 2023 |
Crypto Exchange |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
6 men rob exchange office, take $900K USD in crypto. |
| November 6, 2023 |
Middle-aged couple |
Rönninge, Sweden |
Couple tied up, beaten, and threatened with their own kitchen knives. |
| November 10, 2023 |
Binance Client |
Montenegro |
Executives lured into fake business trip, kidnapped, forced to empty wallets of $12M USDT. |
| December 25, 2023 |
23 y/o miner |
Izhevsk, Russia |
Miner kidnapped from home, ransomed, rescued by police. |
| January 16, 2024 |
42 y/o man |
Cluj, Romania |
Restaurant owner kidnapped, doused in diesel, force fed alcohol, has finger cut off, until he transferred $200K USD in crypto. |
| January 31, 2024 |
Belarusian couple (23 y/o man) |
Phuket, Thailand |
5 "Russians" arrested in crypto abduction case (~USD 801,200) |
| March 10, 2024 |
Young Couple |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Gang of 4 kidnaps couple and robs them of $25,000 in cryptocurrency. |
| March 15, 2024 |
___ Yevgini |
Samui Island, Thailand |
Gang of 6 Russians robs Russian man and wife at coffee shop for 1.8 million baht in BTC. |
| April 18, 2024 |
11 Traders |
Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore |
4 men rob suspected Chinese crypto gambling ring of $3M USD. |
| June 17, 2024 |
Ramesh Nair |
London, England |
3 men armed with machetes invade home, force owner to transfer 1,000+ ETH. |
| July 3, 2024 |
3 y/o boy |
Tseung Kwan, Hong Kong |
2 women abduct toddler from mall, demand $660,000 USDT ransom. |
| July 11, 2024 |
Chinese National |
Cyberjaya, Malaysia |
18 people kidnap 2 victims, hold them for $1.2M ransom, get in shootout with police. |
| July 12, 2024 |
British Crypto Trader |
Bangkok, Thailand |
5 people tie up trader, assault, and rob him. |
| July 28, 2024 |
29 y/o Moroccan man |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
4 men kidnap foreigner, rob, & murder him for 3 BTC. |
| August 7, 2024 |
11 Israelis |
Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
8 men, possibly police, overpower security guard, rob 11 tourists of 10+ BTC. |
| August 4, 2024 |
Ke Jibao |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Gang of 4 Chinese nationals sneak into gated estate, commit armed home invasion, rob $2M USD of cryptocurrency. |
| August ?, 2024 |
Nick Drakon |
Undisclosed |
Crypto executive surveilled, armed home invasion, forced to transfer personal & company assets. |
| August 25, 2024 |
Radhika & Suchil Chetal |
Danbury, CT |
Parents of $243M heist thieves get carjacked & kidnapped in botched ransom plot. |
| August 29, 2024 |
19 y/o |
Hougang, Singapore |
Man seeks p2p trade of cash for USDT, punched by attackers, successfully escapes. |
| November 6, 2024 |
Dean Skurka |
Toronto, Ontario |
WonderFi CEO kidnapped during rush hour, held until $1M ransom paid. |
| November 8, 2024 |
Viacheslav Leibov |
Phuket, Thailand |
Tourist robbed by armed gang in friend's hotel room, forced to transfer $250K USDT. Robbers were captured a few days later. |
| November 20, 2024 |
Gen Z Quant kid |
Unknown |
13 year old's dog stolen after he rug pulled a token on pump.fun |
| December 3, 2024 |
Coinflip ATM |
Melbourne, Australia |
Crypto ATM stolen from shopping center. |