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stillcool

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5. Yikes. that's some serious business

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 09:21 PM

May 24

The Times reports that Woeltz and another man stole the victim’s devices and passport and demanded he give up his Bitcoin password so they could steal his cryptocurrency. When the victim refused, the weeks-long torture began.

The victim told the police Woeltz and the other man beat him, shocked him, hit him with a gun and pointed it at his head, and dangled him from the top of the five-story home, threatening to kill him. They also cut his leg with a saw, he said, threatened to kill his family and forced him to smoke crack cocaine, the New York Daily News reported.

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Crypto investor in New York charged in kidnapping and torture plot [View all] erronis May 24 OP

Crypto is not sending their best.. surfered May 24 #1

Yes, they are. erronis May 24 #2

since you issued the challenge ... You are then saying that this is stopdiggin May 24 #3

I'd say playing with crypto is a form of gambling. What are your thoughts? erronis May 24 #4

Yes. No. and No/Yes? stopdiggin May 24 #7

Yikes. that's some serious business stillcool May 24 #5

I've held crypto assets k_buddy762 May 24 #6