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CASE 072  |  Undisclosed  |  October 22, 2020  |  Latvia
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  72
  date                October 22, 2020
  original_date       October 22, 2020
  year                2020
  month               10
  quarter             2020-Q4
  victim              Undisclosed
  location            Riga, Latvia
  country             Latvia
  scenario            Dodged Attack
  description         Man arrested for planning kidnapping and killing owners of cryptocurrencies
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    0
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               0
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        500,000 euros
  coin_type           Crypto
  reports             Forklog, Sputnik news
  notes               failed attempt - arrested before the kidnapping
  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:** Undisclosed
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** Dodged Attack
  
  **Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** 500,000 euros in Crypto
  
  **Status:** Arrests made

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://forklog.com/news/zhitel-latvii-planiroval-ubijstvo-vladeltsev-kriptovalyut-na-polmilliona-evro

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 73: exact date + country, unique candidate

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   Forklog, Sputnik news
  URL      https://forklog.com/news/zhitel-latvii-planiroval-ubijstvo-vladeltsev-kriptovalyut-na-polmilliona-evro
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 73, column "Articles"
  Length   1,420 chars
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Latvian resident planned the murder of cryptocurrency owners for half a million euros

The State Police of Latvia prevented the kidnapping and murder of two people planned by a criminal aiming to obtain cryptocurrency valued at about 500,000 euros.

Law enforcement received information about the planned crime in September. They found out that a Riga resident was seeking criminal accomplices to carry out the kidnapping. The criminal intended to force the victims to transfer their cryptocurrency to a specified wallet and then kill them.

During surveillance of the organizer, operatives established that he was already tracking one victim, learning their routes and daily routines. The criminal also prepared torture tools intended to be used if the victim refused to provide passwords to their cryptocurrency wallets.

Police later learned that a similar kidnapping and murder plot was planned for another person. Through these two kidnappings, the organizer aimed to obtain cryptocurrency worth 500,000 euros.

He was detained on October 7 while waiting to abduct the victim. The suspect fully admitted his guilt.

He had previous convictions, including for fraud. The Riga resident was arrested by court order for the duration of the investigation.

Recall that in April, a Moscow court began examining the case of four defendants accused of attempting to kidnap and murder a city entrepreneur to extort bitcoins.

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ARTICLE 2
  Source   Forklog, Sputnik news
  URL      (no URL recorded for this column)
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 73, column "Article 2"
  Length   1,686 chars
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State Police prevented two murders related to cryptocurrency

Riga, October 22 — Sputnik. The State Police arrested a resident of Riga who planned to kidnap and kill two people to seize cryptocurrency belonging to them worth about half a million euros, according to the State Police website.

In September, officers from the 1st Department of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Criminal Police Directorate, as a result of operational work, intercepted information that a Riga resident born in 1989 planned to kidnap and then kill a person to illegally obtain his cryptocurrency. To carry out his plan, he actively sought someone in the criminal abroad environment to commit the crime.

A criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Article 15 and Part 1 of Article 153 of the Criminal Law—on preparation for kidnapping.

During the investigation, evidence was obtained showing that the man monitored the victim, determining his routes and daily routine, after which he chose a place for kidnapping and a place to hold the victim for extortion of cryptocurrency. If the victim refused to voluntarily provide cryptocurrency wallet data, the man intended to torture him.

It was also revealed that similarly, the man planned to kidnap and kill another person involved in cryptocurrency transactions.

As a result of kidnapping and killing two people, the suspect planned to acquire cryptocurrency and cash totaling about 500,000 euros.

On October 7, the anti-terrorist squad "Omega" detained the crime organizer in the Teika district of Riga. The detainee fully confessed to planning the crime and was placed under arrest. The man had previous convictions, including fraud.

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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

Житель Латвии планировал убийство владельцев криптовалют на полмиллиона евро - ForkLog

Культовый журнал о биткоине, технологии блокчейн и цифровой экономике.

Житель Латвии планировал убийство владельцев криптовалют на полмиллиона евро

Государственная полиция Латвии предотвратила похищение и убийство двух людей, запланированные преступником с целью получить от них криптовалюту на сумму около 500 тысяч евро.

Информацию о готовящемся преступлении правоохранители получили в сентябре. Они выяснили, что житель Риги искал в преступной среде исполнителей похищения человека. Злоумышленник планировал заставить жертву перевести имеющуюся криптовалюту на указанный кошелек и затем убить.

В ходе наблюдения за организатором преступления, оперативники установили, что он уже выслеживает жертву, выясняя маршруты его передвижения и распорядок дня.

Злоумышленник также заготовил орудия для пыток, которые планировалось использовать, если пострадавший отказался бы предоставить пароли от своих криптовалютных кошельков.

В дальнейшем полицейские узнали, что по схожему сценарию планируется похищение и убийство еще одного человека. В результате двух похищений организатор намеревался получить криптовалюту на сумму 500 тысяч евро.

Его задержали 7 октября в момент, когда он поджидал потерпевшего с целью похищения. Подозреваемый полностью признал свою вину.

Ранее он уже был судим, в том числе за мошенничество.

На время следствия рижанина арестовали по решению суда.

Напомним, в апреле в московский суд начал рассматривать дело четверых обвиняемых в покушении на столичного предпринимателя с целью вымогательства биткоинов.

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