================================================================================================ CASE 180 | Chinese National | July 11, 2024 | Malaysia ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 180 date July 11, 2024 original_date July 11, 2024 year 2024 month 7 quarter 2024-Q3 victim Chinese National location Cyberjaya, Malaysia country Malaysia scenario Kidnapping description 18 people kidnap 2 victims, hold them for $1.2M ransom, get in shootout with police. kidnappings 0 violence_torture 0 drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 0 theft 1 life_taken 0 money_wanted (null) coin_type (null) reports CT notes kidnapped the man at one of the exit points of an expressway connecting the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya on July 11, demanded 1M USDT 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:** Chinese National **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators **Attack Method:** Kidnapping **Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation **Crypto Stolen:** Approximately $1.2 million **Status:** Investigation ongoing LINKED SOURCES [url] https://cointelegraph.com/news/malaysians-kidnap-chinese-demand-1-million-usdt-ransom NOTES ON THIS FILE * matched to sheet row 181: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTICLE 1 Source CT URL https://cointelegraph.com/news/malaysians-kidnap-chinese-demand-1-million-usdt-ransom Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 181, column "Articles" Length 1,719 chars Trimmed site furniture removed on review; kept text is verbatim. Full original (1,793 chars) archived, sha256 4f9317336be7a562fb35cf909d279e390babc932e58ea80838a3ce62bbbf634a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Malaysian kidnappers abducted Chinese man for $1M USDT: Report Six Malaysian nationals, including a couple, have been charged with kidnapping a Chinese citizen and demanding a ransom of $1 million in USDT. Six Malaysian nations — a married couple and four individuals — were charged with kidnapping a Chinese national and demanding a ransom of 4.44 million Malaysian ringgits ($1 million) in Tether’s USDT stablecoin. The accused, aged between 25 and 29, allegedly kidnapped the man at one of the exit points of an expressway connecting the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya on July 11. The group then demanded a ransom of 1 million Tether USDT$1.00 tokens for the victim’s release. Kidnapper demands stablecoin ransom The charge sheet alleges the wrongful detention of the Chinese man for a ransom amounting to 1,007,696 USDT, according to local media outlet Malay Mail.  On Aug. 15, the six accused pleaded not guilty to the abduction charges. However, Judge Amir Effendy denied bail to the alleged kidnappers and set the next court hearing for Oct. 8. He ruled: “After considering all arguments and the nature of the charges, the court has decided that bail will not be granted.â€_x009d_ Meanwhile, local police are also working to track down four additional suspects connected to the abduction, all of whom are members of an 18-person gang of experienced kidnappers. A bigger syndicate of crypto kidnappers Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan confirmed that four other members of the gang were shot and killed on Aug. 3 in separate encounters. If convicted under the Kidnapping Act, the six Malaysians will face a minimum prison sentence of 30 years or a maximum of 40 years and caning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 cointelegraph.com URL https://cointelegraph.com/news/malaysians-kidnap-chinese-demand-1-million-usdt-ransom Field url Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:50:30+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-14 of 18 Length 2,520 chars Integrity sha256 e60dfdfb7d809c3ae8183a6eb145a40e849906bf7adc859db32943d3ee6c3663 Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-14 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 3 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 15. 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) Malaysian kidnappers abducted Chinese man for $1M USDT: Report Six Malaysian nationals, including a couple, have been charged with kidnapping a Chinese citizen and demanding a ransom of $1 million in USDT. Six Malaysian nations — a married couple and four individuals — were charged with kidnapping a Chinese national and demanding a ransom of 4.44 million Malaysian ringgits ($1 million) in Tether’s USDT stablecoin. The accused, aged between 25 and 29, allegedly kidnapped the man at one of the exit points of an expressway connecting the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya on July 11. The group then demanded a ransom of 1 million Tether (USDT) tokens for the victim’s release. The charge sheet alleges the wrongful detention of the Chinese man for a ransom amounting to 1,007,696 USDT, according to local media outlet Malay Mail. On Aug. 15, the six accused pleaded not guilty to the abduction charges. However, Judge Amir Effendy denied bail to the alleged kidnappers and set the next court hearing for Oct. 8. He ruled: “After considering all arguments and the nature of the charges, the court has decided that bail will not be granted.” Meanwhile, local police are also working to track down four additional suspects connected to the abduction, all of whom are members of an 18-person gang of experienced kidnappers. Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan confirmed that four other members of the gang were shot and killed on Aug. 3 in separate encounters. If convicted under the Kidnapping Act, the six Malaysians will face a minimum prison sentence of 30 years or a maximum of 40 years and caning. Deputy Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir recently revealed that between 2018 and 2023, $723 million worth of electricity was lost to illegal crypto mining operators. “The theft of electricity by those who mine cryptocurrency occurs because they believe this activity cannot be detected due to the absence of meters on their premises,” Nasir explained at an event dedicated to destroying 2,022 seized items worth around $467,000, including Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines and electrical equipment. Magazine: AI may already use more power than Bitcoin — and it threatens Bitcoin mining Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph’s Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 180 ================================================================================================