Man beaten, drugged and tortured for coin
A case of robbery has been opened and the victim is recovering in the Alberton Union Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
Things turned hairy for a Bitcoin trader from Lanseria on November 16. According to the man, known only as Andrew, after meeting a man on Facebook, he was invited to do a presentation on the cryptocurrency in Ntuli Street in Meadowlands Zone Five subsequent to another meeting at Cresta Centre.
At about 1 pm, he entered the residence to conduct the presentation to four men and two women. According to the trader, someone approached him from behind and stuck a cloth, presumed to be drug-infused, in his face after which he passed out unconscious.
After he regained consciousness, he awoke in a different residence. There he was surrounded by five people, two of whom were women and three men. The complainant Andrew alleges that on November 16 at 01:00 pm he went to Ntuli street Meadowlands Zone 5 to do a presentation on bitcoin.
He was invited by an African male that he first met on the internet and thereafter at Cresta Centre, during the presentation there were six people present two of which were females and four males. According to a report from the Meadowlands police, the victim was stripped of his clothing, tortured and assaulted.
He alleged that the group demanded his FNB account details as well as his Bitcoin password, burning him with a hot iron and threatening to kill him if he did not provide the information.
Because of the torture, he relented and transferred R 800 000 worth of Bitcoin to an account the group provided him with, transferring a second amount of R 100 000 from his bank account into one he was provided with.
The thieves robbed him of R 3 000 in cash, two laptops, and two Apple iPhones before blindfolding the victim and dropping him off at Kliprivier Road on the R550.
After his ordeal, the robbery victim sustained burn wounds on his hands, legs, buttocks and his torso. A case of robbery has been opened and the victim is recovering in the Alberton Union Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
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