The chief operating officer of a Canadian cryptocurrency troupe was kidnapped and held for ransom for a short period on Wednesday , Canadian media reported .
Around 6 p.m. , Toronto police receive a paper of a kidnapping around University Avenue and Richmond Street in Toronto . TheCBC identifiedthe dupe as Dean Skurka , CEO ofWonderFi , a publically sell crypto platform that take to supervise more than $ 1.35 billion in assets .
The CBC say that Skurka was forced into a fomite and pay a $ 1 million ransom to secure his release . He was finally found in Centennial Park in Toronto , He told the way out in an e-mail that “ node funds and data point remain safe , and were not impacted by this incident . ”
Dean Skurka is the CEO of WonderFi, which oversees over $1.35 billion in assets.© Chesnot/Getty Images
As of Thursday , Toronto police had not released any public information about the incident .
Neither Skurka nor WonderFi post any assertion on the incident .
Cryptocurrency father , investors , and the people close to them have been targetedscores of timesin recent year by thief and kidnapper .
In September , Nick Drakon , the then - CEO of crypto enquiry firm Revelo Intel resign from his task afterdisclosingthat he was robbed by a group of attacker who slip his personal funds as well as asset from his businesses .
Earlier this year , the FBI and local police arrested a dozen men involved in ahome invasion spreethat targeted crypto holders .
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