Two teenagers from Florida have been charged with kidnapping a man in Las Vegas and stealing 4 million in cryptocurrency, according to court documents reviewed by the television station affiliated with CBS, KLAS 8 News Now.
The incident occurred last November in a hotel in the gaming city, where the youths forced the victim to transfer their digital assets under threat.
The accused, identified as Belal Ashraf and Austin Fletcher, both 16 years old and residents of Pasco County, Florida, were certified as adults by a juvenile judge. A third suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed, is no longer in the United States, according to the prosecution.
The night of the incident, the victim was organizing an event related to cryptocurrencies at a business in downtown Las Vegas, the police documented. After returning to his apartment and parking the car, the three young men approached him and forced him to get into the back seat of their…
