[2017-12-29]Kidnapped blockchain expert is back home

[Alex077]

Earlier we reported that the leading analyst of EXMO exchange Pavel Lerner, who is also involved in a number of other blockchain projects, was kidnapped in Kiev on the 26th of December.

According to the EXMO official message, which appeared today, «At certain moment Pavel is home and safe, though he is deeply shocked, that’s why in the nearest future he won’t make any official statements”...https://en.bitnovosti.com/2017/12/29/kidnapped-blockchain-expert-is-back-home/

[Alex077]

   An executive of a UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange kidnapped in Ukraine this week has been released after paying a ransom of more than $1m in bitcoins, according to an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, in a crime he dubbed “bitcoin kidnapping and extortion”...https://www.ft.com/content/0b5e1cdc-ecc2-11e7-8713-513b1d7ca85a

[aso118]

Earlier we reported that the leading analyst of EXMO exchange Pavel Lerner, who is also involved in a number of other blockchain projects, was kidnapped in Kiev on the 26th of December.

According to the EXMO official message, which appeared today, «At certain moment Pavel is home and safe, though he is deeply shocked, that’s why in the nearest future he won’t make any official statements”...https://en.bitnovosti.com/2017/12/29/kidnapped-blockchain-expert-is-back-home/

It is good that he is back safe and sound. The criminals threw him out of a car on the highway. With Bitcoin's rapid price increase, people think that everybody who is connection to bitcoin / blockchain are sitting on millions of dollars. It is unfortunate (and inevitable) that criminals are trying to make a quick buck from this.