$1 Million Ransom Paid In Bitcoin For CEO's Release

Armed gang members kidnapped a top executive at U.K.-registered cryptocurrency exchange Exmo Finance this week. The Financial Times reported, they only released him after they were paid a $1 million equivalent ransom in bitcoins.
Per the report, Exmo manager Pavel Lerner was accosted by men in dark clothes and balaclavas. He was shoved into a black car while near the company’s main offices in Kiev, Ukraine on Tuesday.