The CEO of a cryptocurrency company was kidnapped and held for a C$1 million ransom in Toronto, as reported by local media.
Dean Skurka, the president and CEO of WonderFi, was forcibly taken into a vehicle in downtown Toronto on Wednesday evening. He was released after an electronic payment of the ransom, according to CBC, which cited a source close to the police investigation.
Skurka reassured CBC that “client funds and data remain safe, and were not impacted by this incident.”