Such wonderful people, crypto investors.

We….?

#CryptoIsforCriminals

Is he a crypto investor or crypto thief?

I wouldn't call him a crypto investor, but I would call him a criminal.

😡😡😡

Fake Money. All the best people. 👍

Just another day when you elect the Mob-Boss-in-Chief.

It’s evil but it also just sounds so dumb.

future gop congressional candidate there

Was this one who attended the dinner at the latest ponzi scheme thief's $1M a plate dinner?

this...sadly...is not new

"Come one man, Buy these FUCKING BIT COINS!!" "THEYLL BE WORTH SO MUCH FUCKING MONEY ONE DAY!!" "OK MAN, GIVE ME $50!?!" "$2.50 and a jawbreaker?" "PLEASE?"

We've become a society that feels entitled to condemn a group of people based on 1 characteristic Well, we've always been that. The characteristic is now just whatever counts as clickbait

Somehow when I read that yesterday I wasn't surprised about the crypto thing.

How did they know he had bitcoin? I'm not sure which is worse. Those guys were friends before recent events or they stalked a stranger. Imma do some reading.

I can say the kidnapped guy is an Italian who arrived in the U.S. on May 6th. The connection between the guys is unclear. I found one article that mentions him going to the kidnapper's home on his own. However it happened, it's heinous.

i wonder if he was at trump’s crypto bribefest

Some of us have become the monsters our parents warned us about.

Insane.

Is it weird that I'm unsurprised?

Unbelievable.

Cc: @gallego.senate.gov

if he can raise enough crypto the president will pardon him

It could be a new business strategy.

And invite him to a 'fancy dinner' 🤢😬

What, a boiled steak and Mass seared fish isn't fancy to you?!!!? /S

Have you seen the reconstituted potato mash they offered up? 🤣

I wonder if Melania cooked it? It wasn't done by a professional, that's for sure.

A desperately sick society

@onestpress.onestnetwork.com I saw this on the news tonight and I’m stunned, surprised and shocked.😳

There's something not quite right with the crypto crowd.

I think you always were. It's just now more have been "enabled".

Agree.

Crypto is for Cryme. Trafficking people, or drugs, or guns, or just money. And massive financial fraud, of course.

an indication of what kind of person Crypto currencies attract

Lay down with doges, you gonna get fleas.

My reaction was just. Wow

The things rich people do on their time off......

Well there it is..... In a nutshell (and by but I psychopathic)

Wait, the butlers were just hanging out?

Basically... I think that's kinda their thing

I kind of thought there would be an exception for month-long torture sessions. I guess you really CAN buy that kind of loyalty

Yeah, butlers keep a lot of secrets. I don't know how people can just be so disassociate with what's happening in front of them and just be like, it's my job to ignore another person being tortures.

Manhatten is LOSING it!!! ....Wtf!?

Trump's people?

😢

Let’s watch and see if they get the very long jail sentences they deserve.

trump will pardon in 3,2,1…

And these people are someones hero? Sickening.

This kinda thing must actually be quite common. Imagine having millions of dollars on a flashdrive with a password.

Monsters for $$$. Why the man came from Italy.

Arrest them. Fuck them. Slowly, but HARD. Then simply cut off all air to those monster-perps.

It's what the billionaires are doing to all of us. They're destroying the planet, while building bunkers with the money they could have used to save the planet instead.

Same ol same ol.... always about sex or money

If there’s a bitcoin password worth billions, why not? You can buy your way out of prison now. Just steal big enough and you can EASILY bribe your way out. This America is wild.

I imagine that the crypto investor will be offered a pardon if he agrees to buy a million dollars worth of &TRUMP coins. And once pardoned, he will be named as an ambassador.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/n...

Horrible

Trump? (the one doing the torturing?).

Not "we" sister...

Wonder if he was at the Trump dinner the other night?

Story slowly unfolding.

This should surprise no one regarding the mentality of crypto bros

But they said it was safer than using the banking system to secure your money, hmmmm.🤣😂🤣🤣😂

There’s no possible way the kidnapped guy is a good guy.

and that makes it okay to torture him for a month?

You said that. Not me.

I don't understand why you posted that comment in the first place. How is it relevant?

Was this before he visited Trump's crypto party?

This has always been America though. Trump just gave deplorables permission to crime with impunity. Lawless President inspires lawless deplorables. But America has been torturing its marginalized since before its inception.

Needless to say, he was late for dinner at MAL

What we've always been. The story is old. But it goes on. Only the form is new.

A shit hole country. Full Stop

Sounds like trump's kind of people.

It should always be written "investor"

or, this is what America was always about

He was probably at the big #cryptodinner!

One very serious downside of crypto is that you have to protect your money with a password. No banks, no additional security, no legal system protect it; only you protect it

Is not the case, recovery options include: Seed phrase (12-24 words) – Restore anywhere Recovery key or file – Wallet-specific backup Cloud backup – If your wallet supports it Wallet file recovery – With the right password Social recovery – Trusted contacts help you regain access

This is all true, but it is still all up to you (and maybe your friends.) There’s a reason known crypto whales now hire security

Agreed. Any wealth folks do, it is not a problem with crypto, it is a problem with humans

True, though people seem to forget that they need to do the same thing with crypto (well, they are learning!)

Ya when they tried to rob Amouranth recently, I realized that crypto is awful to hold. If you want to hold it, you need to keep it secret. You can't go around saying "hey I've got a pile of gold in my house"

Wow. That needs to be made into a movie.

Horrific

‘We’? Americans who voted to degrade their society are responsible.

Disgusting. The whole Bitcoin thing!!

I no longer know

Fun fact: Torture doesn't work for getting information. Our modern notion of torture to get intel comes from fiction. Hurt someone and they will lie good to get you back bad. Most successful WW2 Nazi interrogator didn't use violence, just coffee chats and hometown newspapers, 98% success rate.

Let’s not give them tips to get better at this though …

Greed

Mooch said if you lose your computer or forget your password you lose your bitcoin. Wtaf

Depends on the wallet. Recovery options include: Seed phrase (12-24 words) Restore anywhere Recovery key or file – Wallet-specific backup Cloud backup – If your wallet supports it Wallet file recovery – With the right password Social recovery – Trusted contacts help you regain access

Well mooch was wrong then.

Criminality eating civility and humanity.

Bats--t crazy!!

I read that earlier this past day. Seriously creepy shit.

Please don't mistake me as disagreeing with the sentiment being heinous... But we've always been this, IMO. I'm aware that doesn't make it better, either.

At the same time, Crime was dropping for decades. I'm saying was, because now we can't trust government agencies to track it.

FFS🤬

What we have always been.

Trump will surely pardon the assailants.

He probably attended trumps crypto scam dinner too

The same one where all the attendees hid their identities to avoid accountability. Fucking garbage.

Trump is next

Unrecognizable as America 😔💔

What do we expect. These bitcoin assholes are all criminals.

They should be named in the headline...

The Guardian describes how they threatened the victim's family, cut him, hung him from the 5th floor window, beat him, shocked and threatened him with a gun. He was kidnapped when he arrived in the US on May 6th. The co-conspirator's wasn't name wasn't released.

Italian tourist will suffer from this the rest of his life. Perpetrators should be made to pay for his treatment & lose everything.

Thanks for this...it's an effing free for all.

But they're rich and into crypto, so it's all good.

Lawless criminals is what happens when a felon is in charge of the country.

It looks like a downside to owning a secretive "investment" often used for illicit transactions. You deal with criminals and you are likely to become a victim.

Word.

There are more $100 bills in circulation today than $1 bills. I don't know anyone who walks around with a pocket of $100s

$100 bills still rule the underground economy, trillions in cash are laundered each year, dwarfing crypto’s illicit footprint. Bitcoin is used for crime but a tiny fraction: while crypto crime hit a record $40–$50 billion in 2024, the UN estimates $1.6 trillion in fiat money laundering annually

Ruled by a fascist dictator.

And encouraging more of it . . .

When anyone is heavily invested in crypto or AI, I assume they're sociopaths. Actively speed running us all into living in a Cormac McCarthy novel for personal gains. So this story isn't really surprising..

We are in the age of chaos. Have been for a while, but it's now accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Thank capitalism for that.

Truly a horrific person, so he'll probably be in Trump's cabinet in another month or two.

AmeriKKKa