================================================================================================ CASE 365 | Unidentified man | November ?, 2024 | USA ================================================================================================ DATABASE RECORD id 365 date November ?, 2024 original_date November ?, 2024 year 2024 month 11 quarter 2024-Q4 victim Unidentified man location Las Vegas, Nevada country USA scenario Kidnapping description Three teenagers kidnapped a man at gunpoint, driving him to a remote desert area an hour outside of Las Vegas, and stealing $4 million in cryptocurrency and other digital assets. kidnappings 1 violence_torture (null) drugs_alcohol 0 weapons 1 theft 1 life_taken 0 money_wanted $4 million coin_type cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) reports MSN notes the victim was hosting a cryptocurrency-related event at a business in Downtown LA, when he returned home, the 3 young men approached him and forced him into a car. There seemed to be a 4th person involved, who was speaking to the young men through a phone call. has_processed_date 0 created_at 2025-12-04 17:06:53 (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 [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.] **Victims:** An unidentified man who had been hosting a cryptocurrency event at a business earlier that evening. **Attackers:** Three teenagers, with a possible fourth person directing them by phone. **Attack Method:** As he returned home, the three approached him and forced him into a car at gunpoint, then drove him to a remote desert area about an hour outside the city. **Violence Used:** Detention — he was held at gunpoint. **Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** They took about $4 million in cryptocurrency and NFTs. **Status:** The investigation was continuing; no arrests are recorded here. LINKED SOURCES [url] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-drive-him-to-arizona-desert-steal-4m-in-cryptocurrency-police/ar-AA1EvkGd OTHER LINKED SOURCES [THIN] url None — extractor recovered very little; needs the WebFetch path or a site-specific rule https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-drive-him-to-arizona-desert-steal-4m-in-cryptocurrency-police/ar-AA1EvkGd [BLOCKED] extra_1 8 News Now (KLAS) — NOT on the DB record. Found 2026-09-06 by web search because the linked source(s) gave no usable text. raw request refused; try the WebFetch path, which is a model transcription and must be labelled as such https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-drive-him-to-arizona-desert-steal-4m-in-cryptocurrency-police/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 The Defiant URL https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-steal-4m-crypto-nfts-after-70-mile-drive-to-6d1e7357 Field extra_2 Retrieved 2026-09-06T11:18:37+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200) Language unknown Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-6 of 17 Length 1,175 chars Integrity sha256 add226a723c485a88b9a620e39edcd3d717ea288703e1374208cc6f8c05b9802 Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-6 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 10 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 10. Note NOT on the DB record. Found 2026-09-06 by web search because the linked source(s) gave no usable text. 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) Florida Teens Kidnap Las Vegas Man, Steal $4M in Crypto and NFTs After 70-Mile Drive to Arizona Desert | The Defiant Three teenagers from Florida are accused of kidnapping a man at gunpoint who had recently hosted a cryptocurrency event in downtown Las Vegas (DTLV) Three teenagers from Florida are accused of kidnapping a man at gunpoint who had recently hosted a cryptocurrency event in downtown Las Vegas (DTLV). The suspects allegedly drove the victim 70 miles to a remote desert area in Arizona, where they forced him to transfer $4 million in cryptocurrency and NFTs. The incident, which occurred last November, involved the victim being taken from Las Vegas to the Arizona desert. The stolen assets included both cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Police reports indicate that over $200,000 of the stolen funds have been frozen as part of the ongoing investigation. Two of the suspects, both 16-year-olds from Florida, face 22 felony counts related to the kidnapping and theft and have been charged as adults. This is an AI-generated article powered by DeepNewz, curated by The Defiant. For more information, including article sources, visit DeepNewz. ================================================================================================ generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 365 ================================================================================================