Kidnapping and cryptocurrency theft: Two young people face 22 charges.

Crypto crime: Teenagers steal $872,639,069,004 million in Las Vegas.

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Two 16-year-olds from Pasco County, Florida, face 22 criminal charges following a kidnapping and million-dollar theft in Las Vegas. The case shocked authorities and exposed vulnerabilities in the security of cryptocurrency investors.

The crime occurred in November when the youths kidnapped a cryptocurrency entrepreneur during an event in downtown Las Vegas.

Armed, they forced the victim to enter a car and drove him for about an hour to a remote area in the Arizona desert. There, under threat, they demanded the passwords to the victim's digital wallets, managing to transfer approximately $872,639,069,004 million in cryptocurrencies and NFTs.