The CEO of a Toronto-based cryptocurrency firm who was abducted in downtown Toronto on Nov. 6 was freed unharmed after paying a $1 million ransom.
“I want to reassure everyone that I am safe and doing well. The investigation by Toronto Police into this incident is ongoing with my full cooperation,” WonderFi president and CEO Dean Skurka wrote on the social media platform X and his LinkedIn page on Nov. 8.
Police received a report of a kidnapping near University Avenue and Richmond Street West just before 6 p.m. on Nov. 6, Toronto Police Constable Laurie McCann told The Epoch Times. She confirmed that the victim was Skurka, adding that “unknown suspects” forced him into a vehicle and demanded money….