Six men are accused of kidnapping three family members and a nanny from a house in Chicago in October 2024 in exchange for an encrypted. Before his release next to dry cleaners, it was claimed that the victims were kept for five days and were forced to deliver approximately $ 15 million in bitcoin possesses (BTC).
The kidnapping of the encryption is revealed
From the FBI 44 -page certificate last week, details From the kidnapping, it appeared from a network of complex evidence collected by law enforcement including receipts, unused postal code relations, and monitoring clips of rented cars and fast food restaurants.
Ziwan Wei, one of the 34 -year -old defendants, was arrested on January 17 at a border site in California in an attempt to cross to the United States of Mexico. Since then, he appeared before the court in California.
Five other men – fans Zhang, Huging Yan, Shanghan Jiang, Xiang Lyan and Yi Tsu – accused of kidnapping with Wei. According to what was reported, some of these individuals left to return to China shortly after the arrest of Wei.
The victims, referred to as the “Declaration of the victims”, were alerted in the written statement, for the first time to their father’s fears through the WeChat message on October 27, indicating that they were hostage. The kidnappers demanded the ransom payments in Bitcoin Ethereum, two of the most popular encryption assets.
9 million dollars is still missing
The event began when one of the kidnappers invited the family door on the pretext that he had unintentionally destroyed their garage. The door opened, many armed men entered the family members. The boy said that he was immediately extracted from the bathroom.
Once in reservation, the kidnappers pressed the boy to make more bitcoin Purchase operations. They led him over and over all over Chicago, and insist on reaching his records. The group achieved about $ 15 million of bitcoin’s assets during its capture.
After driving a white Ford to Airbnb in Forest Park, the victims remained one night before he led them somewhere. Finally, they went out on November 1, and they walked to dry, adjacent detergent calling to Uber Hospital to North Western Memorial Hospital.
Surprisingly, the son said he was well treated throughout his imprisonment, although he claimed that he had a pistol on his head – he was chosen to be fake.
The alleged kidnappers were seen reaching the white truck and using mobile phones on Airbnb surveillance cameras. With this video, the FBI found at least six suspects and assembly more Data Connect them to crime – including DNA samples and personal property discovered in rental cars.
The authorities followed the suspects’ travel patterns and found that Wei and Chang were transferred from Chicago to Las Vegas on November 1. He was said to have left for Los Angeles on the same day, Jiang, Jan, Lian and Cao.
Later, the FBI has verified that Layan followed her example the next morning, and Jiang Wanj was investigating a trip from Tijuana, Mexico, to Beijing.
As of now, approximately $ 9 million of encryption assets remains improper, raising questions about his remaining location funds.
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