“The CEO of the Canadian cryptocurrency company WonderFi, Dean Skurka, became the victim of a kidnapping. He was released after paying a ransom of $1 million, local media reported. According to their data, the attack took place in the center of Toronto on November 6 around 18:00. Unknown people forced the businessman into the car and demanded money. Skurka handed over $1 million to the attackers. He was later found unharmed in Centennial Park in Etobicoke County. […]”, — write: businessua.com.ua
The CEO of the Canadian cryptocurrency company WonderFi, Dean Skurka, became the victim of a kidnapping. He was released after paying a ransom of $1 million, local residents write mass media
According to their data, the attack took place in the center of Toronto on November 6 around 18:00. Unknown people forced the businessman into the car and demanded money.
Skurka handed over $1 million to the attackers. He was later found unharmed in Centennial Park in Etobicoke County.
In a comment to the mass media, the victim said that he was safe.
“Customer funds and data were not affected by this incident,” Skurka added.
Additional details are not being released due to the ongoing investigation.
As of November 2023, WonderFi owned nearly half of all regulated exchanges operating in Canada, according to internal statistics.
Co-founder and CTO Casa’s Jameson Lopp said the Skurka kidnapping was the 171st known case of physical violence to steal bitcoins.
According to him, the frequency of such incidents usually correlates with the bitcoin rate.
“As prices rise, society becomes more and more aware of this problem, and as a result, more and more criminally inclined people decide that they should try to find out what the return on investment is in carrying out a physical attack on a known cryptocurrency owner,” he said in a comment. publication
It will be recalled that in August, Indian law enforcement agencies arrested a man suspected of kidnapping two employees of the collapsed BitConnect financial pyramid and extorting $125 million in cryptocurrencies.
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