Visibly beaten, he Pleterski apologized: 'I'm sorry, I really am.'
Updated 2:27 AMthat it had arrested and charged four men for the December kidnapping of Aiden Pleterski, a 24-year-old self-described "Crypto King" who headed up a cryptocurrency investment business that quickly went bankrupt.
According to court records, Pleterski was lured into a vehicle by one of the suspects, and was held at gunpoint by two others once inside. Among the suspects charged was one of Pleterski's several dozen investors, 39-year-old Akil Heywood, who was elected by other investors to investigate what happened to their money, and himself had invested $740,000.Pleterski initially made his small fortune from investing in crypto as a teenager.
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