The four kidnappers of the owner of Tuenti arrested after trying to steal 25 million in bitcoin

The hooded men threatened Zaryn Dentzel with “cutting off his genitals” if he did not provide them with the keys to the virtual wallet The detainees stole bank cards and luxury watches from the safe at his home in Madrid and intimidation, injuries, coercion, threats and fraud The National Police has dismantled in Madrid a criminal group made up of four individuals, as alleged perpetrators of the crimes of kidnapping, robbery with violence and intimidation, injuries, coercion, threats and fraud, by kidnapping the Californian tycoon Zaryn Dentzel, known as the owner of the Tuenti social network, to access his digital wallet with more than 25 million euros. The events date back to November 2021, when they accessed the home of the businessman, who was handcuffed between continuous threats. Its purpose was to obtain the keys to its private access to steal the amount of money in virtual currency, the Superior Police Headquarters reported in a statement. Since they were unable to enter it, they stole objects from the home such as bank cards and watches. luxury of your safe. After being made available to the judicial authority, the four were ordered to enter prison.🚩BREAKING👉🏻Dismantled in #Madrid a criminal group that tried to steal 25,000,000 euros in virtual currency from an American businessman👉🏻 They violently immobilized the businessman and an employee to get the keys👉🏻4 people arrested#SomosTuPolicía pic.twitter.com/wTMqKs0KYJ— National Police (@policia) October 22, 2022 In total, three men and one woman dressed up and with the covered face entered the home of a well-known businessman in the Retiro district of Madrid. They stole bank cards and luxury watches Once inside, they handcuffed the owner of the home and a maintenance employee who was sprayed in the eyes pepper and separated from the owner, the real objective of the assault. They violently ordered the owner to provide them with the keys to his private access to the digital wallet worth 2 5 million euros. In addition, they searched the house obtaining bank cards, luxury watches and two aluminum suitcases where they put the stolen objects. At seven in the afternoon, four hours after the assault, the National Police received a call to appear at the house that the American occupies in the center of Madrid. There, he confirmed that he had a small chest wound and heard the victim’s version, where he reported that the assailants threatened to “cut off his genitals and put them in his mouth” if he did not give them the data to access the money. After cleaning fingerprints , even spraying the victims with cleaning products, they left separately from the home they had entered during the time the janitor was away to eat. Once the assault was over, the woman member of the criminal group managed to extract about 2,000 euros from the bank cards. The agents found out that this criminal group had extensive information about the owner of the social network, one of the most used by young people. Spaniards until its closure in 2016, and their habits in order to carefully plan the assault. In addition, the alleged perpetrators divided tasks such as access to housing, assault, custody of victims, assaults and threats and even leaving the home. The members of the criminal group did not know each other previously After a long and complex investigation and after months of data collection, the agents managed to identify the four members of the criminal group. These were two couples who agreed at a specific time to commit the crimes and who also did not know each other personally until the time of the events, making their relationship even more difficult. In addition, the woman, the alleged perpetrator, moved to the United Kingdom and for this reason collaboration was requested from the British services, which kept the agents informed of his location at all times.