Russian programmer targeted in 10.4 BTC crypto kidnapping after luxury-car photos

Russian prosecutors from the Ivanovo area arraigned five men on charges related to a kidnapping to extract 10.4 BTC from a programmer. The defendants, mostly ex-convicts, face up to 15 years on these new charges. Per the Kommersant local media outlet, the victim, who is in his early 20s, landed on the suspects’ radar after spotting photos of supercars, including a Ferrari, a BMW and a Mercedes, on social media. The victim also traveled outside the country with fair regularity. Was the victim a crypto influencer? Investigators said the programmer targeted in the 10.4 BTC crypto kidnapping in the Ivanovo area made his money as a product supplier for large companies.

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