Presumably Russian thugs taken away The Ukrainian took cryptocurrency worth more than $200,000 and disappeared in an unknown direction.
The incident took place on the Indonesian island of Bali. According to Police Commissioner Ariasandi, the attackers attacked a Ukrainian citizen and his driver in the South Kuta area. The bandits blocked the BMW in which the victims were traveling and, threatening them with a gun, forced them to leave the car. First, the victims were blindfolded and handcuffed, then they were taken to a villa, where the crypto owner was tortured to make him hand over his digital assets.
They beat the victim and forced him to hand over access to his account on the exchange Binance , which allowed the criminals to withdraw cryptocurrency worth $214,429. The case is currently being investigated by the Bali Criminal Investigation Department, Ariasandi said.
Ariasandi
The victim survived and escaped serious injuries. He suffered bruises and injuries to his wrists and ear. Law enforcement officers have given the case priority status and are diligently searching for suspects, but the extortionists have not yet been identified.
With the rise in the price of Bitcoin and many other digital assets in the past year, become frequent cases of attacks on wealthy members of the crypto community. For example, in June 2024, three bandits kidnapped a British man and forced him to transfer them digital assets worth $4,3 million. In 2025, the bull rally in the crypto market is expected to continue, so it can be assumed that owners of virtual currencies will be attacked even more often.
