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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always thought they found him through tracking the crypto, not tracking them through tiktok. That dude paid for his lies.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Is it actually real? It reads like a satire headline. Tried to translate the French article but there's not much substance to it

[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I speak french and the french article says exactly what the english article says, except the english article has a lot more information.

It even includes the previous cases of kidnappers targeting people they thought might have large crypto holdings.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I saw the news go down that he was abducted from real sources, but I haven't done the news parade this morning yet. Not sure.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m so glad I never had any desire to have anything to do with this bs.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

So long as crypto exchanges exist, kidnappers can do this to anyone and get away with it.