I need more explanation on this topic, OP should give us more context. A bribe could be in various kind and form, not only limited to bitcoin. People has used bribe since a long time ago even before Bitcoin exist.

"suffering from literal brain control & intense levels of torture"

This part sounds like a conspiracy theory which is highly argumentative and cannot be proven to be true nor false. I was interested with the title of this topic, but disappointed by
the limited content of it.