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Virtual currency investors were kidnapped

2021-11-15T05:03:02.389Z


A 39-year-old full-time virtual currency investor was "subscribed" when he asked a buyer to trade USDT earlier this month. He was tragically interrupted and imprisoned for 7 days. The kidnappers used a kidnapping trap, an industrial building in Kowloon Bay


A 39-year-old full-time virtual currency investor was "subscribed" when he asked a buyer to trade USDT earlier this month. He was tragically interrupted and imprisoned for 7 days.

The kidnappers used a kidnapping trap. An industrial building in Kowloon Bay was still heavily locked this morning. The iron gate was locked with an iron chain. The gate was affixed with the name of the logistics company. The two closed-circuit televisions outside the gate were removed, and the glass door inside the gate was pasted. There are two pieces of "Fu" and a handwritten notice by the police, stating that "this unit is involved in a criminal case."

The industrial building is 8 stories high and has 24 units on the floors involved. A staff member of a nearby logistics company said that police officers had heard of investigating the units involved.


According to the information, "USDT" is one of the mainstream virtual currencies. It has characteristics such as stability and privacy, attracting criminals to use illegal tools. In recent years, there have been many criminal cases involving TEDA coins.


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According to the information, "USDT" is one of the mainstream virtual currencies. It is a stable currency and is pegged to the U.S. dollar on a one-to-one basis. The price is relatively stable.

Generally speaking, the cost of directly converting virtual currency with legal currency is higher; the cost of using stable currency to convert virtual currency is lower. Because the intermediary between the two is eliminated, the handling fee is relatively flat, so stable currency becomes legal currency and virtual currency. A bridge between currencies.

However, the characteristics of virtual currency make it a tool for criminals at the same time. Since virtual currency transactions involve sending addresses, transaction numbers, and receiving addresses, the above three types of information are composed of a series of multiple word sources, so the registrant and funds of the electronic wallet Information such as source and whereabouts will be hidden.

The characteristics of "stable currency":


1. Stability: Because of its one-to-one peg to the U.S. dollar, the currency value volatility is small, which is convenient for storage and hedging


. 2. Privacy: The e-wallet address and transaction data are composed of multiple word sources. Difficult to track identity


3. Mobility: 24 hours a day, no restrictions on trading hours, fast exchange


4. Convertibility: stable currency becomes a bridge between legal currency and virtual currency, facilitating swap


In recent years, there have been many criminal cases involving TEDA coins.

On July 8 this year, the customs dismantled a money laundering syndicate and arrested 4 men. They were suspected of opening virtual currency trading accounts and bank accounts through three shell companies between February last year and May this year in order to frequently trade cryptocurrency "TEDA". "USDT" (USDT) and bank transfer methods, handling about 1.2 billion yuan of suspicious funds.

In addition, on the morning of September 25 this year, 2 male and 1 female victims met with 3 male "buyers" to deliver virtual currency in the lobby of a hotel on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, during which the victim used a laptop computer to have a market value of approximately 12 million After the RMB TEDA was transferred to the three men, the three men suddenly fled.

The case was classified as obtaining property by deception. After investigation by the police, 5 persons involved in the case were arrested.

On June 15 this year, a 22-year-old buyer named Mo Nan brought 2 million yuan in cash to a commercial office on Chengye Street to conduct a transaction. During the transaction, he was sprayed with unknown liquid on his face and robbed of a large amount of money. The case was listed as In the robbery, the police arrested three men involved in the case three days later. Initial investigations believed that the seller had nothing to do with the criminal gang.

On January 18 this year, a 33-year-old female seller in an office on Chuangye Street handed in Tethers to the same "buyer" for the fourth time, and transferred 450,000 Tethers to the other party by phone, but received about When the cash was 3.5 million yuan, three big men with knives and sticks snatched the cash.

The police arrested 4 men after investigation and believed that someone was at large.

The kidnapping case occurred on the 6th of this month. A 39-year-old full-time virtual currency investor met with a buyer whom the two parties had successfully met online to trade TEDA coins in Kowloon Bay, and was subsequently borrowed by the other party. Taken to a unit in an industrial building in Kowloon Bay involved in the transaction. There was a buyer in the unit that had been ambushing with the party. The victim was beaten by the kidnapper with a hammer and iron stool to force a confession to surrender his bank account and virtual currency trading platform password. The kidnapper He even instructed him to demand a ransom of 30 million yuan from relatives and friends for debts.

Relatives and friends of the victim became suspicious and called the police, but did not pay the ransom.

The victim was imprisoned for 7 days, during which time he switched to the sinus several times.

As of the evening of the 12th, while the victim was confined in Nankeng Village, while the kidnapper was not watching, he escaped by himself through a narrow window in the attic of the tin hut. He was rescued by the police deployed nearby. The victim is still seriously injured. Get medical treatment.

From that night to yesterday, the police arrested 6 men and 1 woman, including the two principal offenders, all of whom were from the underworld "Xin Yi'an". At least 7 to 8 fugitives are being pursued.

The victim's virtual currency account has suffered losses, and it is not ruled out that the 20 million yuan in the account has been transferred away.

▼▼Sankeng Village of Nankeng Village and the units attacked by the victims of an industrial building in Kowloon Bay▼▼

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▼▼Inside of Sandou and the kidnapper's vehicle▼▼

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Source: hk1

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