The CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency company WonderFi was kidnapped Wednesday and held for ransom, according to CBC. Dean Skurka was reportedly pushed into a car in downtown Toronto during rush hour and released uninjured after electronically sending $1 million (possibly CAD) to his kidnappers.
The WonderFi CEO is the latest cryptocurrency celebrity to be the victim of a violent robbery. A security company told CBC that this was the 171st incident of physical violence aimed at stealing cryptocurrency.
Skurka’s company reported third-quarter earnings a day before the incident and generated revenue of CAD 41 million over the past nine months. Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin soared past $76,000 this week, setting a new all-time high for the digital currency.
WonderFi is backed by Shark Tank co-host Kevin O’Leary and is one of Canada’s most prominent publicly traded cryptocurrency companies, according to Cointelegraph.
