Crypto Kidnapping: Tourist Held Captive, Forced to Transfer $250K in USDT – News Bytes Bitcoin News

A 23-year-old Ukrainian vacationer in Phuket, Thailand, was kidnapped and compelled to switch $250,000 in USDT stablecoins (about 8.56 million baht) to 2 armed robbers. Viacheslav Leibov was threatened with violence till he complied with the robbers’ calls for. Initially, the 2 robbers, an Armenian and a Ukrainian, demanded $500,000 in USDT however agreed to settle […]



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