Just to highlight a paragraph from the article;
This is alarming because the crypto related cases is not just increasing but also getting dangerous each year , in the past ransom is being asked but there is no killing happens but now? this is an obvious attempt to scared all crypto holders in the world that they can be treated like this if they don't cooperate in those crimes.
Now this made me the think of declining to expose any other way of my KYC as this is the only way why we are being exposed from this criminals.
Kidnap for ransom gangs/criminals will always find the most efficient way to receive a transaction, whether or not the person of interest is a Bitcoin/cryptocurrency millionaire or not. Bitcoin will find its way where there are inefficiencies in “markets”, and make them more efficient.