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Missing Crypto Influencer, Under Investigation by Canadian Regulator, Found Dead in Montreal: Report
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/11/14/missing-crypto-influencer-under-investigation-by-canadian-regulator-found-dead-in-montreal-reportHis body was found months after he was kidnapped from a Montreal condo. A 32-year-old woman has been charged with his murder.
BY CALLAN QUINN|EDITED BY PARIKSHIT MISHRA
A dead body discovered in the Île-de-la-Visitation park in Montreal, Canada on Oct. 30 has been identified as missing “crypto influencer” Kevin Mirshahi, according to a Nov. 12 report from the Montreal Gazette.
The 25-year-old has been missing since he was abducted along with three others from a condo in the city on June 21. The other abductees, two women and one man, were located by police hours later. In August, Joanie Lepage, 32, was charged with first-degree murder of Mirshahi and the abduction of Mirshahi and the three others. It is not known if her actions are linked to Mirshahi’s cryptocurrency ventures.
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The announcement that his body had been discovered came a week after another cryptocurrency-linked kidnapping in Toronto. Dean Skurka, CEO of publicly listed crypto holding company WonderFi, was forced into a car by assailants who then demanded a ransom of nearly $720,660. He was released after paying the money.
But it’s not just Canada that has seen an uptick of physical crime involving cryptocurrency. A list maintained by co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa, Jameson Lopp has recorded 18 attacks with links to cryptocurrency this year. Among them are cases of investors being lured by attackers under the pretense of doing in-person P2P trades, home invasions, and even murders.
The 25-year-old has been missing since he was abducted along with three others from a condo in the city on June 21. The other abductees, two women and one man, were located by police hours later. In August, Joanie Lepage, 32, was charged with first-degree murder of Mirshahi and the abduction of Mirshahi and the three others. It is not known if her actions are linked to Mirshahi’s cryptocurrency ventures.
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The announcement that his body had been discovered came a week after another cryptocurrency-linked kidnapping in Toronto. Dean Skurka, CEO of publicly listed crypto holding company WonderFi, was forced into a car by assailants who then demanded a ransom of nearly $720,660. He was released after paying the money.
But it’s not just Canada that has seen an uptick of physical crime involving cryptocurrency. A list maintained by co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa, Jameson Lopp has recorded 18 attacks with links to cryptocurrency this year. Among them are cases of investors being lured by attackers under the pretense of doing in-person P2P trades, home invasions, and even murders.
The list is at Github.
https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks
The latest one is "Crypto ATM stolen from shopping center"
There's a somewhat interactive mindmap-like presentation on Bitcoin Security here:
https://prezi.com/view/P46hHguLiPvqA7aZ7gYR/
The vimeo link at Github is 404. (poof)
The main reason I am posting this is that the crypto-bro's have their claws sunk deeply into Orange Caligula, and this is all still very speculative and risky business. They supported him basically so that crypto currencies would NOT be regulated.