3 osumljence aretirali, ko je hongkonška policija reševala najstnika v napadu, povezanem s kripto (poročilo)

Hongkonške oblasti so prijele tri najstnike in rešile 19-letnika, ki je prejšnji mesec postal žrtev mučne preizkušnje, ki je vključevala napad in nezakonito pridržanje.

Policija intenzivno lovi preostalih šest posameznikov – med njimi štiri samce in dve samici – za katere sumi, da so vpleteni.

Hongkonški najstnik napaden zaradi kripto dobička

Glede na poročilo by SCMP, the victim was lured under the guise of meeting people and trading crypto assets. Upon arrival in a room at the Harbour Grand Kowloon Hotel on Tak Fung Street, however, the suspects demanded HK$180,000 (worth approximately $23,000) in profits from crypto trading.

Dva od devetih osumljencev, prisotnih na kraju dogodka, sta žrtev nato grozila in brutalno napadla s kiji za bejzbol.

19-letni oškodovanec je uspel opozoriti prijatelja, ki je nato obvestil organe pregona. Šest osumljencev v zvezi s primerom je pobegnilo s kraja dogodka, vendar je policija dva aretirala pred hotelom. Še enega so pridržali v prostorih.

Citiran je bil insajder, ki je rekel,

»Žrtev naj bi pridržali, ko je šel tja na srečanje z devetimi osumljenci – sedmimi moškimi in dvema ženskama. Skupina je od njega zahtevala plačilo 180,000 HK$ dobička, zasluženega s trgovanjem z virtualnimi valutami.«

Aretirani posamezniki, stari med 16 in 19 let, se soočajo z obtožbami, vključno z napadom, nezakonitim pridržanjem in izsiljevanjem, so sporočili detektivi iz protitriadnega oddelka mesta Kowloon, ki obravnavajo primer.

Hongkonške oblasti priča a notable rise in digital asset-related crimes in Hong Kong over the past three years. Reported cases increased from 1,397 to 3,415, with corresponding amounts involved rising from HKD 824 million to HKD 4.398 billion, indicating nearly a tripling of incidents during this period.

Val kripto kriminala

Crypto crimes have also wreaked havoc across the world. Last May, six individuals soočen charges of kidnapping, torturing, and extorting a man in Maharashtra, India, who had failed to provide returns on their investment in crypto. The victim claimed that the accused forcibly arranged a sale deed for his flat to recoup money, transferring the property into their names.

In South Korea, former spy turned hitman Lee Kyung-woo prejetih a life sentence in October for kidnapping a woman from a posh district in Seoul amidst a crypto dispute, subsequently administering a lethal dose of ketamine obtained from a plastic surgery clinic.

Par, ki je utrpel izgubo v višini najmanj 1 milijarde korejskih vonov (760,000 USD) v kripto naložbah, je najel Leeja, ki se je domnevno predstavljal kot nekdanji agent pod krinko, da odstrani žensko, ki je spodbujala njuno naložbo, in ukrade njena digitalna sredstva.

In yet another alarming case, a 23-year-old crypto miner was ugrabili outside his residence in Izhevsk, Russia on Christmas Day. The kidnappers transported him to an undisclosed location and then contacted his brother via Telegram, demanding over 15 million rubles for his release. They allegedly threatened to frame the victim with drug possession and hand him over to authorities if their demands were not met.