4 males have been arrested after a Moroccan man was kidnapped, pressured to switch $170,000 in cryptocurrency, after which strangled to demise in Kyiv, the capital’s police power mentioned on July 29.

In a submit on Fb, police mentioned the 29-year-old sufferer was kidnapped from exterior his residence within the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv round midnight on an unspecified date. Individuals in a close-by home heard screams and noticed the person being overwhelmed and bundled right into a automobile.

He was then taken to an deserted constructing the place he was pressured to switch over the cryptocurrency – which police recognized as Bitcoin – to digital wallets belonging to the attackers, who then strangled him and buried his physique in a forest.

A police supply advised the Kyiv Unbiased the sufferer was from Morocco.

CCTV footage launched by the police seems to point out the second the person was kidnapped.

A police operation subsequently led to the arrests of 4 males aged 24 to 29. Police allege that in an effort to cover proof of the crime, the quantity plates of the automobile used within the assault have been modified afterwards.

All 4 have been charged with 4 crimes together with homicide, theft and concealment of a criminal offense.

They face up to life imprisonment if discovered responsible.