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CASE 187  |  Undisclosed  |  August 15, 2024  |  Canada
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  187
  date                August 15, 2024
  original_date       August 15, 2024
  year                2024
  month               8
  quarter             2024-Q3
  victim              Undisclosed
  location            Verdun, Quebec
  country             Canada
  scenario            Home Invasion
  description         3 men invade home of crypto entrepreneur, torture him for hours until he transfers $15K.
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             1
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        $15000
  coin_type           crypto
  reports             CTV News
  notes               3 break in, beat torture man until he gives up his wallet credentials
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Undisclosed
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** Home Invasion - victim kidnapped
  
  **Violence Used:** Torture
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** $15000 in crypto
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/3-men-facing-kidnapping-robbery-and-other-charges-in-crypto-theft-montreal-police/

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 188: exact date + country, unique candidate

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   CTV News
  URL      https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/3-men-facing-kidnapping-robbery-and-other-charges-in-crypto-theft-montreal-police/
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 188, column "Articles"
  Length   1,619 chars
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3 men facing kidnapping, robbery and other charges in crypto theft: Montreal police
By Daniel J. Rowe
Updated: April 10, 2025 at 11:36AM EDT

Published: April 10, 2025 at 11:24AM EDT


A Montreal police (SPVM) car. (Daniel J. Rowe/CTV News)
Montreal police (SPVM) said on Thursday that officers arrested three men in connection with a kidnapping and violent $15,000 cryptocurrency theft in Verdun last summer.

Two suspects were apprehended in Toronto and the third in Montreal’s Southwest borough on March 11.

Lévi Steward-Barachin, 34; Daniel Mosiah Honoré-McFarlane, 30; and Omar Abdul Singateh, 23, are facing breaking and entering, forcible confinement, aggravated assault, extortion and other charges in relation to the Aug. 15 event where police say three armed suspects burst into a Verdun apartment.

“They tied up the victim, a man in his 30s who ran his own cryptocurrency business,” the SPVM said in a news release. “He was then beaten and tortured by his assailants for several hours. After succeeding in obtaining from the victim the details required to enable a cryptocurrency transfer, the suspects fled.”

A relative found the victim, who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Steward-Barachin is also facing drugs, weapons and false identification charges.

The three men remain in custody.

The SPVM partnered with Toronto and Peel police to conduct searches in Montreal, Toronto, and Brampton, where they seized various items for evidence.

Police believe other people could be linked to the Aug. 15 crime and are asking those with information to call 911 or 514-393-1133.


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