A 39-year-old virtual currency investor was brought to a unit of an industrial building in Kowloon for settlement on the 6th of this month when the buyer was invited to trade TEDA. Unexpectedly, a kidnapping operation by pretending to be a buyer was rectified by the party, and the same party had long been waiting in the unit. , The method was vicious, and the victim's hands and feet were beaten with hammers and iron stools.
The kidnappers later obtained the victim's bank account and the password of the virtual currency trading platform, and instructed him to demand a ransom of 30 million yuan from relatives and friends on the grounds of debts.
The victim did not see the sun for 7 days, during which time he switched to the sinus several times.
He was taken to a container yard, a tin hut, etc., but when the kidnappers were not watching, he escaped by himself through a narrow window in the attic of the tin hut. He was rescued by the police. The victim is still hospitalized for serious injuries.
The police arrested 6 men and 1 woman for 3 consecutive days, including the two principal offenders, all of whom were from the underworld "Xin Yi'an."
The police are looking for at least 7 to 8 fugitives.
In the incident, the family did not pay any ransom, but the police estimated that the victim's virtual currency account was lost. It is not ruled out that the 20 million yuan in the account has been transferred away.
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The number of victims had a successful deal with one of the kidnappers a week ago
Alan Chung, the Senior Superintendent of Criminal Deployment of the West Kowloon Region, pointed out that the victim was a 39-year-old full-time virtual currency investor who mainly traded "TEDA coins."
The case occurred at about 11 am on the 6th of this month. He wanted to sell TEDA for HK$4 million and met a person who met online and claimed to be a cryptocurrency buyer to trade face-to-face in Kowloon Bay.
It is reported that the number of victims had already successfully traded with the other party a week ago. The other party saw that he was bare-necked, wearing a famous watch and driving a famous car.
Up to the day of the incident, the victim met with the buyer without being wary, and the buyer borrowed words to take the victim to a unit in an industrial building in Kowloon Bay to trade.
After the victim was taken to the unit, several men were found in the unit.
Alan Chung described the culprits as "cruel", referring to them involuntarily punching and kicking the victim, and attacking the victim with hammers and iron stools, resulting in serious bodily injuries and multiple fractures of his hands and feet, with the intention of preventing the victim from fleeing.
They forced the victim to hand over information such as mobile phone, mobile phone password, online banking account password, virtual currency trading platform password, and even asked the victim to call family and friends to raise a ransom on the grounds of debts.
Kidnappers demanded a ransom of 8 million yuan to 30 million yuan
In the early hours of the 7th, the culprit tied the victim's eyes, held him in a pre-prepared private car, and then took him to an unknown container yard to continue his confinement.
In the evening of the same day, the victim was moved to the place of confinement again, believed to be to escape police investigation.
He was taken to a tin house in a sparse and remote location in Nam Hang Village, Tai Po. The culprits continued to attack the victim and again instructed him to raise a ransom from relatives and friends.
The kidnappers initially offered a ransom of 8 million yuan and later increased to 30 million yuan. It is estimated that when they got along with the victim, they learned that the victim was quite wealthy from their accounts or had 20 million virtual currency account records, so they kept raising them. The ransom amount.
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Rousseng climbed the attic window to escape serious injuries and was still hospitalized
Until the 9th of this month, the victim's family initially thought he was just in debt, but later became more unhappy and eventually called the police for help.
Officers from the Crime Squad of West Kowloon Region took over the investigation on the 10th. After in-depth intelligence analysis and investigation, the victim may be locked in Nankeng Village.
It is reported that the police did not know the exact location of the victim at the time, so they deployed operations in the vicinity.
On the evening of the 12th, as the victim was confined to the basement floor most of the time, he was occasionally taken to the attic to rest. When the victim was in the attic, he took advantage of the two guards and bandits to smoke outside the house and escaped through a narrow window in the attic.
However, the victim was seriously injured and fell on the ground outside the house from the attic window. In fact, he had no way to move and could only crawl slowly. Fortunately, the police officers deployed nearby were alarmed.
The police acted on the spot and arrested two kidnappers on the spot and rescued the victim.
The police arrested five more suspects in Tai Po, Sheung Shui, Cheung Sha Wan and Kwun Tong in the past two days (13 and 14).
During the operation, the police detained a total of 6 men and 1 woman, including two masterminds.
The arrested persons are between 25 and 32 years old and are suspected of "kidnapping" and "conspiracy to kidnap." All of them have a background in the "Xin Nghe An" triad. They respectively reported to be engaged in transportation, catering, car beauty and unemployed.
Among them, two arrested men aged 25 and 27 have been charged with one count of kidnapping and will appear in Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts tomorrow.
The police are pursuing the remaining kidnappers, and it is estimated that 7 to 8 people are still at large.
The 20 million yuan in the virtual currency account may be transferred away
In the incident, the family did not pay any ransom.
As the victim handed over his account password, he is currently unable to open the account and is not clear about the balance of the encrypted currency account. However, the police believe that there is a certain loss. The figure has not been determined yet. It is possible that all the 20 million yuan in the account has been transferred away.
The victim is not in danger of life and is still in hospital for treatment.
The police noticed that there has been an upward trend in virtual currency transactions in recent days, and many criminals have used different excuses to demand face-to-face transactions.
The police urged that citizens should use reputable online platforms for transactions and avoid face-to-face transactions with strangers.
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