Ukrainian crypto holder Viacheslav Leibov was robbed by a group of armed men in Phuket, Thailand, on November 8th.<\/p>\n
The incident led to a loss of 250,000 USDT and marks the latest in a series of security incidents involving crypto investors across major cities.<\/p>\n
According to the report<\/a> by Bangkok Post, the 23-year-old, Leibov was invited to a hotel room by Alfred Chernyshuk, a younger acquaintance, and there he met Arman Grigoryan. Grigoryan engaged him in conversation on the balcony, seemingly harmlessly.<\/p>\n However, things took a violent turn when Leibov went to use the bathroom. The victim was met by two masked individuals who tied him up and demanded a 500,000 USDT transfer under threat of broken fingers.<\/p>\n The attackers brandished weapons: Grigoryan held a hammer while one of the masked men wielded a knife. Pleading for a compromise, Leibov managed to negotiate the ransom down to 250,000 USDT, which he transferred to their specified wallet. The attackers then bound him to a bed, instructed him to remain silent, and fled the scene.<\/p>\n After freeing himself, Leibov sought assistance from hotel staff, who confirmed that Chernyshuk and Grigoryan were registered as the room\u2019s occupants. He made a quick attempt to locate the assailants at the airport but failed. Leibov then filed a report with the police detailing the harrowing ordeal.<\/p>\n Physical assaults<\/a> targeting individuals with cryptocurrency holdings are becoming increasingly common in different parts of the world, including Thailand.<\/p>\n For instance, five Russian men were accused of kidnapping a Belarusian couple on this resort island and forcing them to transfer 31 million baht worth of cryptocurrency before releasing them in January. They were later sentenced<\/a> to two years in prison.<\/p>\n A month later, Thai authorities arrested<\/a> a Russian man on Samui Island, who allegedly robbed another Russian of Bitcoin worth around 1.8 million baht. Police believe the suspect belongs to a Russian criminal gang that preys on fellow Russians involved in Bitcoin investment. The victim, identified as Yevgini, claimed that six Russians threatened him and his wife while they were at a coffee shop in Taling Ngam. Four suspects arrived in a van, while two others came on motorcycles, demanding Yevgini transfer Bitcoin worth around 112 million baht under threats of violence.<\/p>\n In a separate incident in July, five foreigners were detained<\/a> for violently robbing a British crypto trader in Bangkok. More recently, four Chinese nationals allegedly forced<\/a> their way into a luxury residence in Pathum Thani, where they coerced the victim to transfer $2 million in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n The post Ukrainian Crypto Holder in Thailand Loses 250,000 USDT to Armed Robbers<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ukrainian crypto holder Viacheslav Leibov was robbed by a group of armed men in Phuket, Thailand, on November 8th. The incident led to a loss of 250,000 USDT and marks the latest in a series of security incidents involving crypto investors across major cities. Armed Robbery According to the report by Bangkok Post, the 23-year-old, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Physical Crypto Thefts on the Rise<\/h2>\n