Crypto millionaires targeted by thugs in kidnappings and home invasions: They started pistol whipping me
“Give us all your crypto or we will kill you.”Those are the chilling words heard by one unlucky man recently snatched by criminals from a crypto conference in Vegas, taken out to the desert and threatened, a source described to The Post.Decentralized and much harder to trace than dollars, cryptocurrencies are considerably easier for thieves to launder.Therefore, anyone flaunting their wealth in Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, or any of the myriad other currencies available should consider themselves a target.That’s something influencer Amouranth — who earns around $2 million a month from selling videos on OnlyFans and gaming on Twitch — found out all about.On the night of March 2, Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa, was lying in bed at her home in Houston when she heard a rattling noise outside.Her husband, Nick Lee, was in his “man cave” in an adjacent building on their property.Siragusa, who had boasted online about having $ 20 million in crypto, called to alert him to the racket outside.
Lee, sitting on the toilet at the time, told her that he suspected raccoons.However, the main house’s front door was swiftly kicked in by a trio of masked intruders.Lee remained on speakerphone as Siragusa locked her bedroom door, which was also broken down.
A fourth man, the getaway driver, waited outside.“They started pistol-whipping me in the head and telling me that they want my cryptocurrency; I held up my fists to protect my face,” Siragusa told The Post.Having been paid in Bitcoin, she had at least seven figures worth of the stuff, but access to it was stored in a nearby bank’s safety deposit box.“I told them that it was in the next building.”Hearing the conversation, Lee knew that his wife and the home invaders were heading his way.“I went into the gun locker, took out a handgun and positioned myself at the top of the stairs,” Lee, dressed only in his underwear, told The Post.
“I told Kaitlyn to get down.Then I started shoot...