Ontario 'crypto king' allegedly held ransom by investor who lost $740K
Five men have been charged with kidnapping Ontario’s self-proclaimed ‘ Crypto king’ Aiden Pleterski in a bid to recoup their alleged ly misappropriated investments, CBC Toronto has learned, the same day that a video of him visibly injured at the hands of kidnappers was shared with the outlet. 39-year-old Akil Heywood lost $740,000 in investments to the ‘crypto king’ and has been accused alongside four other men of kidnapping Pleterski last December. The video obtained by CBC the same day as the five men were charged supposedly shows Pleterski covered in bruises and explaining what happened to the money while apologizing to investors. In the video, Pleterski claims to have lost close to $45 million while investing in crypto when the market crashed in November 2021. “When the crypto market started to tank in November of 2021, I should have been honest with everybody,” he said. Ontario ‘crypto king’ lost $40 million Pleterski is in the middle of a ...