Florida Teens Face Charges in $4M Crypto Kidnapping—Because Nothing Says ’Digital Future’ Like Desert Extortion

Nevada’s dust settles on a bizarre crypto crime spree as two Florida minors face charges for allegedly kidnapping a victim and demanding $4 million in cryptocurrency. Forget moonshots—this is crypto’s wild west era playing out in real time.

How it went down: The teens reportedly lured the victim to the desert, then held them hostage until a crypto ransom was paid. Proving once again that where there’s speculative money, there are spectacularly bad ideas.

Bonus finance jab: At least they didn’t rug pull their victim—just old-fashioned physical coercion meets blockchain payments. Progress?

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