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CASE 168  |  21 y/o man  |  November 10, 2023  |  USA
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  168
  date                November 10, 2023
  original_date       November 10, 2023
  year                2023
  month               11
  quarter             2023-Q4
  victim              21 y/o man
  location            Portland, Oregon
  country             USA
  scenario            Kidnapping
  description         4 men fly from FL to OR, kidnap target from apartment, torture him until he revealed seed phrase.
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        undisclosed
  coin_type           (null)
  reports             OL
  notes               undisclosed amount was transfered from victims seed phrase after he was beaten and later abandoned
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45
  (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
   their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
   same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** 21 y/o man
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** Kidnapping for ransom
  
  **Violence Used:** Torture
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** undisclosed
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/10/kidnapped-for-crypto-4-men-flew-from-florida-to-portland-tied-a-man-to-a-post-before-stealing-his-cryptocurrency-feds-say.html

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 169: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides

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Kidnapped for crypto: 4 men flew from Florida to Portland, tied a man to a post before stealing his cryptocurrency, feds say
Updated: Oct. 25, 2024, 5:13 a.m.
|Published: Oct. 24, 2024, 5:18 p.m.
A man was kidnapped from downtown Portland on Nov. 10, 2023, driven to this rural area of Banks, tied to a post with duct tape, beaten and found by a passerby early the next morning, according to federal court and police records.Google Maps
By
Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Four men are accused of flying to Portland from Florida, kidnapping a man, tying him to a post in a rural Washington County field and beating him to get the passcode to his cryptocurrency wallet.
The four now face federal charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap. They were arrested in Florida late last month and flown to Oregon to face the allegations in US. District Court in Portland.
Dow Ends Down | Closing Bell
Ralph Moreno Jr., 24, Justice Uallah Del Carpi, 22, and Jackson Reves, 19, entered not guilty pleas Thursday to the charges. Billy Cordova, 24, entered not guilty pleas earlier this month. They are being held at the federal detention center in Sheridan pending trial.
According to an indictment, the four flew to Portland on Nov. 8, 2023, rented an Airbnb in Vancouver and used ride-share car services to get around.
Over the next two days, they watched their target’s downtown Portland apartment and schemed how to carry out the kidnapping, the indictment alleges.
On Nov. 10, some in the group abducted the man, forced him from one car into another and drove him away from his residence while others entered the man’s apartment to try to access his cryptocurrency, the indictment alleges.
They drove the man to a field in Banks, tied him to a post with duct tape and repeatedly assaulted him before abandoning him, according to the indictment and police records.
Later that day, they ultimately used the man’s password, or so-called “seed phrase,” to transfer digital currency from his cryptocurrency wallet to another location, the indictment says. Prosecutors have not disclosed how much currency was taken.
A woman passing by found the man, now 22, taped to a post and called police at 8:33 a.m. on Nov. 11, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
She reported she located the man near Northwest Mountaindale Road and Old Pumpkin Ridge Road and said he appeared to have undergone some “torture,” according to the initial sheriff’s report. The case was turned over to Portland police and the FBI.
The four defendants initially appeared in federal court in Jacksonville before their transfer to Portland.


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Kidnapped for crypto: 4 men flew from Florida to Portland, tied a man to a post before stealing his cryptocurrency, feds say - oregonlive.com

Four men are accused of flying to Portland from Florida, kidnapping a man, tying him to a post in a rural Washington County field and beating him to get the passcode to his cryptocurrency wallet.

The four now face federal charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap. They were arrested in Florida late last month and flown to Oregon to face the allegations in US. District Court in Portland.

Ralph Moreno Jr., 24, Justice Uallah Del Carpi, 22, and Jackson Reves, 19, entered not guilty pleas Thursday to the charges. Billy Cordova, 24, entered not guilty pleas earlier this month. They are being held at the federal detention center in Sheridan pending trial.

According to an indictment, the four flew to Portland on Nov. 8, 2023, rented an Airbnb in Vancouver and used ride-share car services to get around.

Over the next two days, they watched their target’s downtown Portland apartment and schemed how to carry out the kidnapping, the indictment alleges.

On Nov. 10, some in the group abducted the man, forced him from one car into another and drove him away from his residence while others entered the man’s apartment to try to access his cryptocurrency, the indictment alleges.

They drove the man to a field in Banks, tied him to a post with duct tape and repeatedly assaulted him before abandoning him, according to the indictment and police records.

Later that day, they ultimately used the man’s password, or so-called “seed phrase,” to transfer digital currency from his cryptocurrency wallet to another location, the indictment says. Prosecutors have not disclosed how much currency was taken.

A woman passing by found the man, now 22, taped to a post and called police at 8:33 a.m. on Nov. 11, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

She reported she located the man near Northwest Mountaindale Road and Old Pumpkin Ridge Road and said he appeared to have undergone some “torture,” according to the initial sheriff’s report. The case was turned over to Portland police and the FBI.

The four defendants initially appeared in federal court in Jacksonville before their transfer to Portland.

In Oregon, extortion and personal data breaches accounted for the most frequent cryptocurrency frauds reported in 2023, according to the FBI.

Last year, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 69,000 complaints from the public nationally regarding cyber-enabled crime and financial fraud involving the use of cryptocurrency, with more than $5.6 million in reported losses.

“As the use of cryptocurrencies grows in popularity for investors, criminals are deploying increasingly complex tactics to deceive and exploit the public,” Wayne A. Jacobs, special agent in charge of FBI’s Philadelphia office, said in a statement. Pennsylvania and New Jersey were among the top 10 states for most reported cryptocurrency complaints and for reported losses last year.

-- Maxine Bernstein covers federal court and criminal justice. Reach her at 503-221-8212, mbernstein@oregonian.com , follow her on X @maxoregonian, or on LinkedIn.

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