?️♂️ London drama: gang kidnaps a “crypto billionaire” with only $9 in his wallet
A London court has remanded four men in custody for kidnapping a Belgian citizen. The suspects will remain behind bars until the sentencing on September 5, 2025. They face lengthy prison terms.
The victim turned out to be not Elon Musk, as the attackers had hoped, but just a regular barber with an empty wallet.
The incident occurred back in May 2024, but only now has it reached court. The kidnapped man, Quentin Cepeljac, is a Belgian barber who was mistaken for a crypto tycoon. The gang tracked him down, beat him, and forced him to hand over access to his crypto wallet. But then came the big disappointment: his balance was just $9.
Once the truth came out, they let him go – but the trauma lingered.
Why it matters (and is kind of funny):
- Apparently, some people still think anyone with an iPhone and a beard must have millions in Bitcoin.
- This is the second such attack in London this year. Previously, crypto platform founder Tim Heath was assaulted in a similar case of mistaken identity.
- It all plays out like a dark comedy: they kidnapped him, interrogated him… and got nothing.
? Moral of the story:
Don’t oversell your life on social media. One day you’re an Insta millionaire, the next you’re in someone’s trunk – with less in your wallet than the price of a Big Mac Meal.
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