4 suspects were charged in connection with the home intrusion of online banner Amouranth, whose genuine name is Kaitlyn Siragusa. The banner states she was held at gunpoint by numerous people requiring that she turn over the personal secrets to her crypto.
According to Fox 26, the suspects consist of Dylan Nesho Campbell, Bryan Anthony Salazar Guerrero and 2 extra suspects in between the ages of 16-17.
Campbell and Guerrero were each charged with exacerbated kidnapping and exacerbated burglary with a lethal weapon, as was the 17-year-old suspect.
Siragusa reported that numerous armed people entered her home late in the evening on March 2, beat her, and held her at gunpoint, requiring her cryptocurrency.
Source: Amouranth
Fortunately, her hubby was on speakerphone, which the shooters took in an effort to access a crypto app. The hubby, having actually looked out to the circumstance, got a pistol while trying to evaluate where the armed guys remained in the home.
The online banner led the attackers around the home and persuaded them to begin searching for a freezer gadget.
As the armed burglars were searching for the gadget, Siragusa ran upstairs to her hubby, who was likewise seeing the circumstance unfold on the home’s network of electronic cameras.
Once she was securely upstairs, her hubby fired off 3 rounds at attackers, most likely shooting one while doing so before the home intruders pulled away and police came to the scene.
Siragusa’s hubby later on exposed that he was the one publishing from her account as the event unfolded. Source: Amouranth
The banner formerly divulged that she held approximately 211 Bitcoin, worth over $20 million in November 2024, to online fans– making her a target for heist.
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Crypto kidnappings and extortion increasing
The event is simply the current in a string of kidnappings and heists focused on crypto holders.
In January 2025, a UK court sentenced 7 gang members for the kidnapping and extortion of a crypto financier, who was consistently attacked and pushed into turning over funds over numerous months.
Throughout that very same month, reports emerged that Journal co-founder David Balland was abducted in France and held for a crypto ransom before being saved by police.
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