{"id":639232,"date":"2026-08-05T07:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/missouri-trio-charged-over-alleged-bitcoin-kidnapping-plot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:52:49","slug":"missouri-trio-charged-over-alleged-bitcoin-kidnapping-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/missouri-trio-charged-over-alleged-bitcoin-kidnapping-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri trio charged over alleged Bitcoin kidnapping plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-the-role-of-cryptocurrencies-in-the-rise-of-ransomware.jpg\" alt=\"Missouri trio charged over alleged Bitcoin kidnapping plot\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Three Missouri men were charged over an alleged August 2024 plot to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and steal his holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Sedric Louis, John Davis and Martel Williams were allegedly hired to kidnap and force a Bitcoin holder to transfer cryptocurrency to accounts controlled by organizers, according to a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ct\/pr\/three-missouri-men-charged-cryptocurrency-robbery-scheme\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> by the US Attorney\u2019s Office. They traveled from St. Louis to Connecticut, where they rented vehicles and obtained air rifles to stake out the victim.<\/p>\n<p>After staking out the intended target for two days, they abandoned the plan for fear of being caught on home security cameras. Shortly afterward, another crew from Florida arrived to carry out the plan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/three-missouri-men-charged-bitcoin-kidnapping\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan. Three Missouri men were charged over an alleged August 2024 plot to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and steal his holdings. Sedric Louis, John Davis and Martel Williams were allegedly hired to kidnap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-639232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}