$1 Million Bitcoin Ransom Reportedly Paid for Kidnapped EXMO Executive

$1 Million Bitcoin Ransom Reportedly Paid for Kidnapped EXMO Executive Francisco Memoria The post $1 Million Bitcoin Ransom Reportedly Paid for Kidnapped EXMO Executive appeared first on CCN On December 26, 40-year-old IT specialist and bitcoin exchange executive Pavel Lerner was kidnapped in Kiev, Ukraine. He was reportedly forced into a Mercedes-Benz Vito by unknown assailants wearing dark clothes and balaclavas. Lerner, a leading analyst at cryptocurrency exchange EXMO, stopped answering the phone after leaving the company's offices. Speaking to Reuters, Anton Gerashchenko, an The post $1 Million Bitcoin Ransom Reportedly Paid for Kidnapped EXMO Executive appeared first on CCN cryptocoinsnews