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Crypto Kidnapping: Tourist Held Captive, Forced to Transfer $250K in USDT

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Crypto Kidnapping: Tourist Held Captive, Forced to Transfer 0K in USDT
Crypto Kidnapping: Tourist Held Captive, Forced to Transfer 0K in USDTA 23-year-old Ukrainian tourist in Phuket, Thailand, was kidnapped and forced to transfer $250,000 in USDT stablecoins (about 8.56 million baht) to two armed robbers. Viacheslav Leibov was threatened with violence until he complied with the robbers’ demands. Initially, the two robbers, an Armenian and a Ukrainian, demanded $500,000 in USDT but agreed to settle […]