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US Bookie Found Dead 1 Year After Wife Paid $ 1 Million Bitcoin Ransom – CCN.com, Crypto Coins News

US Bookie Found Dead 1 Year After Wife Paid $ 1 Million Bitcoin Ransom – CCN.com, Crypto Coins News


bitcoin ransom victim willian sean creighton found dead.

An American bookmaker kidnapped in Costa Rica has been found dead, even after a ransom of $ 1 million was paid in Bitcoin. | Source: Motortion Film / Shutterstock.com

Almost a year since American businessman William Sean Creighton was kidnapped in Costa Rica, and a $ 1 millionransom subsequently paid in Bitcoin, he has been confirmed dead.

Creighton’s body was found in a cemetery on Costa Rica’s central pacific coast last week, nearly 12 months after the Bitcoin ransom was paid.

According toESPN, the death of the American entrepreneur who founded the5Dimes sportsbookwas confirmed by the officials of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department on Monday.

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The founder of the 5Dimes sportsbook has been found dead. | Source: 5Dimes

Bookie’s cause of death unclear

The body was found several hundred miles from the site where Creighton’s kidnapping is suspected to have occurred. The cause of Creighton’s death has not been established.

In a statement, the U.S. State Department has indicated that it is following up on the matter:

“We are closely monitoring local authorities’ investigation into the cause of death. We stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance.”

As previously reported by CCN, Creighton was kidnapped last year on September 24thwhile driving in his Porsche Cayman Turbo in the Granadilla de Curridabat neighborhood at about 10 PM.

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Early the following day, his wife received a $ 5 million ransom demand. She only paid around $ 1 million inBitcoin, however. At the time theprice of the cryptocurrencywas averaging around $ 6, 400, so it amounted to a little over 150 BTC (worth ~ $ 1.5 million today).

Bitcoin provides the clues

Between October 2018 and January 2019, several arrests were made in Spain and Costa Rica in connection with Creighton’s kidnapping.

Per the director of the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ), Walter Espinoza, the arrests were partly aided by tracing the recipient of the Bitcoin ransom. Allegedly, the payment was made to three cryptocurrency wallets.

Besides swallowing themyththat Bitcoin transactions are completely untraceable, the suspects also failed to mask their residential IP address. This further aided in the investigations,accordingto Espinoza:

“There was a payment in virtual money (bitcoin). That payment was made through 3 virtual wallets. The OIJ with its experts managed to establish that one of the members of the organization had access to one of those wallets and had connected through an IP located in their home … “

Not the first time

After his wife paid the ransom in Bitcoin last year without securing his release, there werereportsthat indicated that Creighton could have been murdered. They were, however, proven untrue.

The only difference is that this time, Creighton’s body has been positively identified.

Last modified (UTC): September 17, 2019 6: 22 PM

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