Kidnappers free man after $1 million ransom paid in Bitcoin
Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange EXMO after getting over $1 million in Bitcoin as ransom. Pavel Lerner, a Bitcoin analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by a group of masked people on December 26, EXMO revealed. It also added that Lerner's work did not involve access to the financial assets of its users.