================================================================================================ CASE 096 | Wesley Pessano Santarem | August 8, 2021 | Brazil ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 96 date August 8, 2021 original_date August 8, 2021 year 2021 month 8 quarter 2021-Q3 victim Wesley Pessano Santarem location Sao Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil country Brazil scenario Costly Fame description Crypto Trader's Murder Blamed On Social Media Bragging kidnappings 0 violence_torture 0 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 1 theft 0 life_taken 1 money_wanted (null) coin_type (null) reports CryptoNews notes Flaunted his wealth on social media and in person, and was shot and killed while driving in his fancy car in Brazil 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:** Wesley Pessano Santarem **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators **Attack Method:** Costly Fame **Violence Used:** Murder/homicide **Crypto Stolen:** No theft completed **Status:** Victim deceased; investigation ongoing LINKED SOURCES [url] https://cryptonews.com/news/crypto-trader-s-murder-blamed-on-social-media-bragging-11376/ NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 97: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source CryptoNews URL https://cryptonews.com/news/crypto-trader-s-murder-blamed-on-social-media-bragging-11376/ Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 97, column "Articles" Length 2,509 chars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crypto Trader’s Murder Blamed On Social Media Bragging In what some see as yet another cautionary tale, the recent tragic killing of teenage Brazilian crypto trader Wesley Pessano Santarem has been linked to the lavish lifestyle the victim had been showcasing on his social media accounts - reminding crypto holders of the importance of safeguarding not only their funds, but their lives. The 19-year-old has gained a significant following on Instagram, where he had amassed about 134,000 followers. He also ran an account on YouTube where he published videos in which he offered investment advice. Pessano was gunned down in broad daylight. He was rolling in his Porsche Boxster sports car through the streets of Sao Pedro da Aldeia, a city in Brazil’s south-eastern state of Rio de Janeiro, to get a haircut, as reported by The Independent, when he was ambushed by a group of killers who travelled in a silver Volkswagen. A second passenger who sat in his Porsche was injured in the shooting and later transported to a hospital. The Brazilian police said Passano was hit by a minimum of four bullets, one of which was a headshot. An investigation into the murder has been initiated. Claiming to have secured financial freedom at the age of 18, Pessano often portrayed himself driving luxury cars, among others a Chevrolet Camaro and a Mercedes-Benz automobile. On one of the pictures, the trader was seen 'talking' on the so-called money phone, pretending to be making a call from a thick stack of cash. This type of photos, as is argued, may have potentially attracted unwanted attention to Pessano's finances. The latest violent event joins a worrying string of gruesome attacks on crypto traders that has been observed worldwide. Last January, a trader in Hong Kong was robbed of nearly half a million dollars worth of bitcoin (BTC). A Norwegian trader was forced to jump from a window of his house last year when an armed man showed up at his door. The same year in the Netherlands, crypto community was shocked by a brutal robbery attempt in which three armed robbers with police vests broke into a residential building and tortured a 38-year-old trader for over an hour using a drill. In 2018, a Norwegian trader was found dead in his apartment in Oslo after selling bitcoins to another person for cash. And these are just a few of many reported attacks, threatening crypto traders'/holders' personal safety. It is not clear how many crypto-related attacks or attempted attacks have gone unreported. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED] !! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person. !! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article. !! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting. Source cryptonews.com URL https://cryptonews.com/news/crypto-trader-s-murder-blamed-on-social-media-bragging-11376/ Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:53:24+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-13 of 45 Length 2,898 chars Integrity sha256 4d6bbfa7c4e2925b64e46ef26bc52c731b5a8267e29323db79481441cf0821ff Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-13 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 31 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 31. Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved) Crypto Trader’s Murder Blamed On Social Media Bragging Three Arrows Capital Liquidators Request Contempt Sanctions for Co-Founder Kyle Davies – What's Going On? Latin American Crypto Holders Shift to Bitget Exchange Following Binance and Coinbase SEC Crackdown The Rise of Cryptocurrencies in Arab Countries: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Latest Move Hop Protocol Rewards Sybil Hunters with Innovative Airdrop Tool – How Does it Work? In what some see as yet another cautionary tale, the recent tragic killing of teenage Brazilian crypto trader Wesley Pessano Santarem has been linked to the lavish lifestyle the victim had been showcasing on his social media accounts – reminding crypto holders of the importance of safeguarding not only their funds, but their lives. The 19-year-old has gained a significant following on Instagram, where he had amassed about 134,000 followers. He also ran an account on YouTube where he published videos in which he offered investment advice. Pessano was gunned down in broad daylight. He was rolling in his Porsche Boxster sports car through the streets of Sao Pedro da Aldeia, a city in Brazil’s south-eastern state of Rio de Janeiro, to get a haircut, as reported by The Independent, when he was ambushed by a group of killers who travelled in a silver Volkswagen. A second passenger who sat in his Porsche was injured in the shooting and later transported to a hospital. The Brazilian police said Passano was hit by a minimum of four bullets, one of which was a headshot. An investigation into the murder has been initiated. Claiming to have secured financial freedom at the age of 18, Pessano often portrayed himself driving luxury cars, among others a Chevrolet Camaro and a Mercedes-Benz automobile. On one of the pictures, the trader was seen ‘talking’ on the so-called money phone, pretending to be making a call from a thick stack of cash. This type of photos, as is argued, may have potentially attracted unwanted attention to Pessano’s finances. The latest violent event joins a worrying string of gruesome attacks on crypto traders that has been observed worldwide. Last January, a trader in Hong Kong was robbed of nearly half a million dollars worth of bitcoin (BTC). A Norwegian trader was forced to jump from a window of his house last year when an armed man showed up at his door. The same year in the Netherlands, crypto community was shocked by a brutal robbery attempt in which three armed robbers with police vests broke into a residential building and tortured a 38-year-old trader for over an hour using a drill. In 2018, a Norwegian trader was found dead in his apartment in Oslo after selling bitcoins to another person for cash. And these are just a few of many reported attacks, threatening crypto traders’/holders’ personal safety. It is not clear how many crypto-related attacks or attempted attacks have gone unreported. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 096 ================================================================================================