BANGKOK - A Singaporean man was kidnapped by a fellow Singaporean in Thailand last week and released after transferring bitcoins worth some 1.4 million baht (S$62,450) to the captor, the police told The Straits Times on Monday (Jan 13).
The kidnapper has been arrested and most of the loot recovered.
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