Just yesterday (July 3), a shocking kidnapping occurred in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. A 3-year-old boy was taken away with a towel covering his mouth in the Tseung Kwan O Plaza shopping mall. Afterwards, the kidnapper extorted 660,000 USDT from the child's parents.
According to pictures captured by CCTV in the mall, a child can be seen being taken away by a man wearing a light-colored shirt and a duck-billed hat, covering his mouth with a handkerchief.
The kidnappers abducted the 3-year-old child in front of a snack grocery store on the second floor of the shopping mall.
There is another photo on the Internet that shows a blank piece of paper with the words "For the safety of the children, please do not call the police" written in simplified Chinese, with contact information also left below.
The last picture is a screenshot of the Telegram conversation after the child's parents contacted the kidnapper and left their account. The kidnapper pointed out, "I want money and you want someone to go to a virtual currency store to buy 660,000 USDT" and asked to transfer the virtual currency to an address. It even threatened that "if USDT is not present, it will not be online again." At the same time, the screenshot also uploaded a recent photo of a child, and it can be seen that the child is in a comatose state.
According to reports, the police received a report at about 4:30 pm yesterday (July 3), and the case was handed over to the Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Bureau for investigation.
The police successfully rescued the boy and arrested two persons in Tseung Kwan O District at about 5:25 am today (July 4).
After the horrific kidnapping case in Tseung Kwan O, neighbors were shocked when they heard about the kidnapping case in the area, and many parents expressed concern.
Mrs. Yang took her children to school this morning (July 4). She bluntly said that she learned about the case from the news and "will take good care of the children." She pointed out that public security in Tseung Kwan O District has always been good. As for the police's ability to rescue the children and arrest two people within 14 hours of the kidnapping, she described the police as "acting very quickly."
In addition, Mother-in-law Zheng also brought her granddaughter this morning. She was very vigilant and held her granddaughter the whole time. She pointed out that she was shocked by the kidnapping case and would pay close attention when taking her children to prevent them from being abducted or lost.
With the liberalization of Hong Kong's cryptocurrency policy, Hong Kong residents are paying more and more attention to cryptocurrency. Most people will inevitably have evil thoughts when they see the huge value of the market.
This will make offline cryptocurrency crimes that do not require technical thresholds easier, and cryptocurrency can be obtained through traditional crimes.
Not just in Hong Kong, the number of cryptocurrency offline crimes is increasing around the world. A federal jury in North Carolina recently convicted a violent cryptocurrency theft ring for targeting cryptocurrency owners through violent home invasions.
The diversification of cryptocurrency crime methods deserves greater attention.
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