{"id":10384,"date":"2024-02-02T16:08:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/five-russians-in-thailand-suspected-of-extorting-900000-in-cryptocurrency\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T16:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:08:14","slug":"five-russians-in-thailand-suspected-of-extorting-900000-in-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/five-russians-in-thailand-suspected-of-extorting-900000-in-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Russians in Thailand Suspected of Extorting $900,000 in Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Phuket province have issued arrest warrants for five Russians suspected of abducting a married couple to extort cryptocurrency. This was reported by the newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/2735294\/arrest-warrants-out-for-5-russians-over-alleged-abduction-in-phuket\">Bangkok Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A family from Belarus, who fell victim to the attack, approached law enforcement. The incident occurred on January 29. They were returning from a store on a motorcycle when a group of men in a black Hyundai van blocked their path.<\/p>\n<p>The assailants forced the couple into the vehicle and, under threats, made them transfer cryptocurrency worth over $900,000. They were released afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The victims claim they were not acquainted with the attackers.<\/p>\n<p>Police detained two suspects at Phuket International Airport, two at their residence on the island, and another, the alleged organizer, at a massage salon. All were interrogated, but they denied involvement in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>All five are currently under arrest, and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Back in late 2023, the founder of a Moscow financial company fell victim to a robbery aimed at stealing cryptocurrency. He was robbed of the equivalent of $46,000 and a Rolex watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Phuket province have issued arrest warrants for five Russians suspected of abducting a married couple to extort cryptocurrency. This was reported by the newspaper Bangkok Post. A family from Belarus, who fell victim to the attack, approached law enforcement. The incident occurred on January 29. They were returning from a store on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,1266],"class_list":["post-10384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-thailand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"36","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}