Criminals need bitcoins for the life of kidnapped victim
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The Kidnappers of a 13-year-old boy in South Africa demanded a ransom the size of 15 bitcoins, which at current exchange rates is equivalent to 120000 dollars. As reported , the kidnapping occurred on may 20 in Witbank.
theNew realities: the ransom in bitcoins
13-year-old victim, Angola Marit was playing near his home with friends when they were approached by a car with three thieves. They dragged the boy into the car, while leaving at the scene a note with a ransom demand.
The Criminals were warned that they would kill the guy if it does not receive payment in cryptocurrency until Monday. According to the representative of local police Leonard Hlati, this is the first case of kidnapping in the country associated with the cryptocurrency.
They don't even know what Bitcoin is. Parents of Angola are in total disarray and have no funds for the return of his son.
Recall that in the world practice demands a ransom for bitcoins is not new. Last year, a leading analyst cryptocurrency exchanges EXMO Paul Lerner was after paying a million dollars to his captors. As a means of payment, the criminals took only Bitcoin. Before the man was kidnapped near his office in Kiev.
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