{"id":86070,"date":"2023-10-23T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=86070"},"modified":"2025-09-13T03:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:13:07","slug":"in-kyiv-suspects-detained-over-attack-on-a-bitcoin-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/in-kyiv-suspects-detained-over-attack-on-a-bitcoin-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"In Kyiv, suspects detained over attack on a Bitcoin entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv law enforcement authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/kyiv.gp.gov.ua\/ua\/news.html?_m=publications&#038;_c=view&#038;_t=rec&#038;id=344745\">\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438<\/a> \u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0442\u044b\u0440\u0435\u0445 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430\u0441\u0441 \u0432 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u0442 21 \u0434\u043e 25 \u043b\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043a \u0432\u044b\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u044b \u0443 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0438\u043c \u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f. <\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the suspects went to the victim&#8217;s apartment and demanded that all his digital assets be transferred to their account.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur attempted to flee, but the attackers caught up with him, beat him and broke his leg. After that, the man nevertheless sent to their wallets cryptocurrency worth about $28,000.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the attackers removed documents and valuables from the apartment.<\/p>\n<p>During searches conducted in Kyiv and Cherkasy, law enforcement authorities seized mobile phones, bank cards and money. Also among the belongings of one of the suspects were found about 300 rounds of ammunition for automatic weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The court is weighing the suspects&#8217; pre-trial measures.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February, four unknown men <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/in-bali-a-russian-crypto-blogger-had-284000-in-cryptocurrency-stolen\">attacked<\/a> a Russian investment blogger based in Bali and forced him to transfer $284,000 in cryptocurrency. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv law enforcement authorities identified the identities of four residents of Cherkasy, aged 21 to 25, allegedly involved in extorting cryptocurrency from a Kyiv-based entrepreneur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,293,16],"class_list":["post-86070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-kyiv","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86070","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=86070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86072,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86070\/revisions\/86072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}