A Kaliningrad resident was kidnapped and forced to transfer his savings in cryptocurrency to the attackers’ accounts, after which he was beaten and dumped in the forest. He said this on Twitter.
I live in Kaliningrad (offshore 300km part of russia inside eu zone) and it happened 27.09 22:00, pulled out from parked car right in front of windows of our governor, next to Belarussian embassy building. I still can’t believe this can happen in 2k21.
— 001 (@mah_twittar) October 1, 2021
According to the victim, on September 27 unknowns dragged him from the car, put a mask on, tied him up and kept him for a day in an unknown location. The kidnappers forced him to unlock the iPhone, obtained two-factor authentication codes for Binance and transferred the funds to their wallets.
In total, the criminals stole about $523,000 in USDT. According to the victim, this was almost all of his savings.
On the second night of detention, the attackers suffocated him and subsequently \”threw him into the forest without clothes, hidden under a pile of branches.\”
\u201cFortunately, because the kidnappers were administering sedatives to me at random, they could not check my heartbeat and thought I was dead,\u201d the victim said.
He survived, reached the nearest village where he received medical care. The victim reported to the police.
Representatives of the exchange reacted to the Twitter post, expressing willingness to help.
Extremely sorry to read this story. We’ve sent you a DM to see how we can help.
— Binance (@binance) October 2, 2021
The victim told ForkLog that he cannot comment at the moment, as doing so could interfere with the investigation.
Earlier this June, the Moscow court found the perpetrators guilty of planning an attack on a businessman in an attempt to seize his cryptocurrency.
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