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CASE 202  |  Mohammed Arsalan Malik  |  December 25, 2024  |  Pakistan
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  202
  date                December 25, 2024
  original_date       December 25, 2024
  year                2024
  month               12
  quarter             2024-Q4
  victim              Mohammed Arsalan Malik
  location            Karachi, Pakistan
  country             Pakistan
  scenario            Authority Misuse
  description         Crypto trader in Karachi, Pakistan abducted by 5 men in a police van and forced to transfer $340,000 at gunpoint.
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        (null)
  coin_type           (null)
  reports             Dawn
  notes               trader kidnapped by men in poice car no license plate, forced to transfer crypto funds
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Arsalan Malik
  
  **Attackers:** Individuals misusing authority
  
  **Attack Method:** Authority Misuse - victim kidnapped
  
  **Violence Used:** Physical violence
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** Amount not disclosed
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.dawn.com/news/1891762
  [url_2]  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/28/cryptocurrency-hacks-kidnappings-crime

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 203: reviewed and approved individually

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   Dawn
  URL      https://www.dawn.com/news/1891762
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 203, column "Articles"
  Length   1,471 chars
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Crypto trader kidnapping suspect sent to prison
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published February 14, 2025     0 Join our Whatsapp channel
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday remanded the prime suspect in judicial custody in a case pertaining to the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency trader who had paid $340,000 worth of digital coins as ransom for his release.
The investigating officer (IO) produced Ali Raza, said to be a head constable in the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), before the administrative judge of the ATC in Clifton, seeking an extension of his physical custody for further interrogation.
He informed the court that the suspect’s police custody was further required to recover the remaining USDT coins worth $120,000.
However, the court rejected the request and sent the suspect to prison on judicial custody.
According to the FIR, crypto trader Arsalan Malik was abducted on Dec 25, 2024, at 1:40am in a police mobile bearing no number plate by five men in plain clothes. They brought him near the FIA Saddar office, forcibly got opened his Binance account and transferred USDT coins worth $340,000 into different digital wallets/accounts. They then reset his cell phone, handed it back to him and dropped him near the Quaid-i-Azam mausoleum at 4am.
Later, eight suspects were booked and arrested for their alleged involvement in the trader’s kidnapping and for releasing him after he transferred the ransom into their digital wallets.


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