Cryptocurrency Boss Released By Kidnappers After Ransom Is Paid In Bitcoin

Ransom Paid In Bitcoin
According to The Independent...

"Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million (£740,000) in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday.

Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on 26 December, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website."(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kidnappers-release-cryptocurrency-boss-after-750000-ransom-paid-a8134341.html)