Ukraine kidnappers release hostage after $1m bitcoin ransom paid
by Reuters in Kiev from Technology | The Guardian on (#3BZ3V)
Male employee of UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange 'safe, but stressed' following capture by gunmen
Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1m (750,000) in bitcoin as a ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday.
Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was seized by masked abductors on Boxing Day, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website.
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