The Australian cryptographic billionaire Tim Heath barely avoided attempts to kidnap in Estonia last year, playing part of the finger indicating the attacker, he heard the Estonian court.
Heath, a longtime cryptographic investor, was attacked by two men pretending to be painters in the staircase of his residential building in July last year. In 2025, in 2025, in 2025 there was an increasing number of cryptocurrency kidnappings.
One of the attackers, Azerbaijani national Allahverdi Allahverdiyev – former boxer and wrestler – tried to silence Heath, placing his hand above his lips, Sydney Morning Herald Reported on Wednesday, citing Estonian media Eesti Express.
The attackers intended to force Heath to van, but Heath bit his finger on the index attacker and managed to release, looking for a sanctuary in his apartment, the Estonian court heard.
Heath reportedly lost his tooth in a 30-second fight. The attackers fled shortly after, abandoning a nearby van. Part of the finger was later found on the street 100 meters from the place of attack.
Heath, from Victoria in Australia, founded the Estonian YOLO group and its Investments Yolo Capital ARM, which invest firmly in FinTech, Crypto and Igaming. Australian financial review list estimates Heatha net value of $ 2.46 billion of Australian dollars ($ 1.61 billion)
The plot lasted months in creation
A group of seven kidnappers allegedly persecuted Heath during the assault, both in person and using the GPS tropinik in their vehicle, Sydney Morning Herald informed.
The group allegedly entered Estonia, using forged Georgian passports and spent days before the attack on the uniforms of painters and other items from equipment stores so that they could constitute workers.
It is claimed that the plan consisted of transporting Heath to a nearby home of a rented sauna and forcing him to transfer his cryptocurrencies. The hacker was also allegedly recruited to support.
In addition to Allahverdiyev, a citizen of Georgia Ilgar Ilgar Mamedov was also arrested. Both men are in the trial in Estonia. Two others are sought after by the police, including the alleged organizer, the Najafi Najafli, and three have not yet been identified.
The accused claims innocence
Allahverdiyev told the court that 100,000 euros (USD 118,000) was promised for kidnapping, but “pretended to be doing something” and later he told everyone involved in interrupting the plan, according to Sydney Morning Herald.
Prosecutors say that Mamedov was an escape driver. However, he denies his commitment and claims that he came to Estonia by accident while traveling to the region and that all the allegations he was involved are “lie” and “washing”.
The threat can continue
Prosecutors also say that a few weeks after the unsuccessful Porwa, Heath received a message via a telegram with photos of his apartment and the demand for 30 Bitcoins (BTC) worth about $ 3.3 million at that time.
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When Heath did not answer, the kidnappers did not make further attempts to contact him, but prosecutors claim that the threat may be in progress.
Heath reportedly spent over $ 3.1 million on private security since the attack and moved the houses. His legal team tries to obtain the costs of his modern security reimbursed by the accused kidnappers.
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