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bodies and suitcases sudden disappearances and unexplained deaths the world of cryptocurrency seems to be
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experiencing an alarming number of millionaire murders in recent years but are these just a series of coincidential
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tragedies or is there something far more Sinister at play here with such a
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volatile and unregulated Market hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs and
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some of the most experienced hackers on the planet trying to find their own slice of the pie it is no wonder wonder
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why so many choose to Avid this type of investment entirely today we're traveling across the globe to look at
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three of the most prolific deaths in cryptocurrency the mystery that surrounds their deaths and the possible
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forces at play in the dark and I'm sure that all three of these stories will leave you heavily
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concerned welcome back to Coffee House crime folks my name is Adrien and today I have a very interesting video for you
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now this might be a slightly different format to the usual but let let me assure you it is totally worth watching
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many of these stories are absolutely insane and ones that I've thought about for weeks now in this video I won't be
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explaining what cryptocurrency is because I think we'll have a rather vague idea by now but when people
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discuss the risks behind crypto they are usually talking about your financial security and not your actual safety well
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this video puts a whole new perspective on that theory by the way I post stories like this up to two times a week if
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you'd like to see more please consider subscribing and now with that said please grab yourself a coffee pull up a
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seat and get ready for the Deep dive this is the dark underbelly of the crypto
Fernando Perez Algaba
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walls Buenas Diaz folks We Begin our video today in Argentina officially
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known as the Argentine Republic as one of the largest countries in the world Argentina has a population to boots with
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more than 47 million residents calling this place home the country is famous for its excellent Wine and Food
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competitive football music and of course Tango I'm talking about the dance by the
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way not the soda although Argentina's recorded crime rate is relatively low when compared to the rest of South
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America many argue that it doesn't convict quite as many people as it should thus of course skewing all
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results and statistics but at least statistically speaking it tends to be
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safer than its neighbors near bar however on July the 23rd 2023 a dark
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discovery made by two children would do nothing to support that calming statement found Southwest of Buenos City
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Center rests a small region known as Ino BGE not even 10 square mil in size Ino
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BGE consists of many homes a few parks and a nature reserve or two it is quite
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normal for kids to play football in the area and today was no different but that is when two children only just old
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enough to be considered as teenagers stumbled across an inconspicuous suitcase the suitcase wasn't here in the
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previous days they had played next to the stream and so quite understandably their curiosity got the better of them
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as they prodded the suitcase and peered through the zipper they came across a startling Discovery one they could
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barely comprehend found inside lay the dismembered remains of a white man in his 40s his limbs had been cleanly cut
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with both his head and his torso missing this was a mortifying discovery the two
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young boys called the authorities immediately who no surprise locked down the crime scene and then took things
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over from there while at the crime scene investigators found the victims's legs and a left forearm in the suitcase and
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after checking the nearby stream they also found a whole right arm as mentioned the body parts were cleanly
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amputated suggesting that whoever had done this was likely a professional and all although it was not initially clear
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who the body belonged to it wouldn't take investigators long to find out a four-letter tattoo on one of the hands
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made it quite obvious the body belongs to a man named Fernando Perez algaba who
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had disappeared from the city Only 4 days prior and soon enough fingerprint analysis would confirm the identity now
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there were various peculiar details about Fernando's life and the manner of his death but there would be one thing
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that everyone would stop to pay attention to and that was as well because Fernando was a crypto
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millionaire with almost 1 million followers on Instagram Fernando's profile sported a luxurious lifestyle
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sported by crypto and smart decisions however judging by the number of likes that some of his posts received I'm
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going to Hazard a guess and say that most of his followers were bored when translated his Instagram page
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says tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack life doesn't owe you anything he who has magic
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doesn't need tricks now according to local media Fernando comes from a rags to Rich's backstory in his childhood he
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used to sell sandwiches and deliver pizzas before eventually buying rundown Vehicles so we could then repair and
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resell them at a higher price in an interview Fernando one said I traveled to Paraguay a lot to buy tires they were
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much cheaper than in Argentina this allowed me to refurbish the cars and then resell them at a better price
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moving into his 20s Fernando transitioned to cryptocurrency where he is said to have made a fortune by
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investing and then selling crypto tokens and by the time he was 24 years old he
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had a warehouse full of his own high-end vehicles in another interview Fernando said I started by investing $100,000 and
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doubled my profits in 4 days I started with little study I didn't have good results then I set up an office with 25
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Traders and realized that I was not the problem weak psychology wise Fernando's
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many Instagram photos show him riding at BMW Porsche Bentley Mercedes Range Rover
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and various other vehicles many of which were often seen with this cute little dog named yamas all of this was peppered
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between many extravagant photos of him living a lavish lifestyle often wearing fancy watches and traveling to many
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exotic locations after growing up in Argentina Fernando moved to the United States where he registered several
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companies including a jet ski rental business which was found in Miami in the months before his death he decided to
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move to Spain occasionally visiting Argentina for family and business related purposes but unfortunately upon
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his most recent return something terrible had happened to him and now his body was found in the river in multiple
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pieces 3 days after his limbs were discovered officers responded to yet another concerning phone call with this
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one also being made by another member of the public someone had come across a human torso and after investigating the
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crime scene detectives soon found a human head in a backpack nearby it was very quickly established that both the
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head and the Torso belonged to Fernando according to his autopsy reports he was shot three times in the chest though
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According to some media Outlets it was twice in the back and sadly this is where Fernando's story slowly begins to
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unravel as it turns out he had made many enemies in the past and being honest
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with you most of of them had a reason to be angry with him as detectives began to dig deeper into his profile they
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realized that although he had made Millions through cryptocurrency Investments he was also in debt to several people and entities and by the
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way we are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt here not just to local people but even to local gangs
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detectives would also find more than 200 angry messages in his inbox so it became
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clear that he'd pissed off a lot of people one of those messages read I'm going to kill you I'm going to gouge out
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your eyes and cut off your hands so that you can't have any more money in your life I swear on my children that I have
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no problem going to jail and that message was from a man named Iglesias who has owed more than 70,000 us another
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voice message which was left by a man named uh-oh Adrien said I'm not threatening you I am telling you that
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I'm going to rip your head off the money is mine and you don't play with mine my hands are up I swe I didn't write that
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one that was Nero now neither of these men were related to the gang that he also owed
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$40,000 too which I would argue is a far more terrifying entity to make Angry
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Fernando had also racked up quote IR recoverable debts with Argentina's tax
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agency leading some to believe that it could possibly have been an inside job according to Central Bank records one of
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his businesses which was named seppa had seven bounced checks which totaled more than 22 million pesas the equivalent of
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$150,000 us or 120,000 British pound to add to this
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Fernando had more than 25 incidents on his criminal record including drunk driving and assaulting a police officer
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in fact those very moments were recorded with this video right here shortly before his death Fernando also left a
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note on his phone claiming that he had lost a lot of money investing in crypto and that furthermore if something happen
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happened to him he had already warned everyone close to him in the weeks leading up to his death Fernando had
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also posted cryptic messages hinting at deceit betrayal threats and even murder
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one of these posts showed Fernando in a car with an audio recording saying it's incredible how there are such evil
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people in the world that while you're thinking of helping them they are there thinking of destroying you in another
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post he said never trust anyone who doesn't show their loyalty to you end of
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story and in another voice note which was sent to his mom he said hello Mom I needed to clear my head as always from
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here I am realizing two things that we can't escape from problems and that problems will follow us on July the 13th
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Fernando messaged his landlord to say that he would vacate the property by the 19th of July but when the landlord never
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heard back from him and then found a stuff within the property on that day she reported his disappearance to the
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police of course this suggesting that he'd been abducted Ed in that time
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frame it was only after examining the suitcase that Fernando's limbs were found in that officers found several
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documents attached to a family in the local area now this led to a search warrant and eventually the arrest of a
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local transwoman named Nicole Almo chamora and by the way it is confirmed that Fernando did actually owe money to
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Nicole and so it is possible that he was murdered to financially settle the score
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but saying that the authorities also believe that even if Nicole is responsible for Fernando's death they
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must have had help from other people nevertheless legal proceedings are still yet to begin and some even believe that
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Nicole may have been framed in Fernando's death as you can imagine the authorities are remaining relatively
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tight lipped on the situation so this story may change a lot in the future I
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guess we will just have to wait and see the investigation continues for our next
John Forsyth
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case we're traveling 5,000 m North from the cities and jungles of Argentina to more amiliar territory welcome to the
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Ozarks folks a physiographic region that spans multiple States but most notably
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Aransas and Missouri both of which are crucial in this case now you might be familiar with this region for Netflix's
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wildly successful series named the Ozarks and unfortunately this story does
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not help paint a friendlier picture it was on May the 21st 2023 that
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a doctor and crypto millionaire named John fory went missing John was a 49-year-old man with a very prosperous
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future during his childhood he had grown up with five sisters and a brother and was also known to be happy and
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passionate he studied mathematics at University but eventually would become a doctor at the Mercy Hospital in casville
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Missouri for most of his adulthood John lived a very normal lifestyle he married his wife in 1995 before divorcing her in
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2019 and although they would remarry in 2020 they once again divorced by April
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2022 now over the course of their relationship they had seven children together and apparently despite their
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divorce the relationship remained healthy and amicable after legal proceedings took place John was ordered
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to pay $4,000 a month in child support plus an additional $115,000 a month in
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other expenses whatever that means I mean that sounds a lot to me but maybe
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that's just normal in these situations honestly I wouldn't know now fortunately JN could easily afford these payments
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and that wasn't just because he was a doctor the truth is that he was also a cryptocurrency millionaire to put things
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bluntly Mr fory was one of the early ones he mined and owned Bitcoin in 2016
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back when its valy was dirt cheap and then held on to it through the Peaks and troughs John also co-founded Ono coin a
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referral-based cryptocurrency project dubbed the people's currency he also played a crucial role in developing
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blockchain technology and decentralized finance making him a well-respected
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cryptocurrency community man in his own words it became obvious to me that math-based currencies like Bitcoin would
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eventually supplant Sovereign notes I mined Bitcoin very early and then held on to them and the massive appreciation
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of those assets allowed me to invest in another cryptocurrency it is worth noting here that John always had a solid
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reputation of helping others not just at work but back at home with family and friends too I mean it comes with being a
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doctor and to add to that he had always helped his brother with his various health issues and was a good father to
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his children and on that note he wasn't bitter about the divorce either in fact John had already fallen in love with
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another woman named Laura Barnett who also worked at the hospital not only were the two engaged but they were also
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now expecting a baby together and John he was absolutely over the moon about this and apparently according to to his
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brother he was the happiest he had been in many years now with so much going on in his life it was quite normal for John
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to section certain aspects of it away from close friends and family and so while he was a caring and kind person he
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was also rather crafty with what he told them about his crypto business again
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though Jon seemed extraordinarily happy with his life and the direction it was going that was of course until he
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vanished on Sunday May the the 21st 2023 something was clearly wrong when John
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missed his 700 p.m. shift at the hospital now John had never missed a shift before without telling anyone in
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the 15 years he had been there so this was an immediate red flag to his colleagues and loved ones when he
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suddenly vanished at the time of his disappearance John was living in an RV next to the hospital where he worked so
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bad traffic was off the list of excuses when the authorities got there they found it to be unlocked and that
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furthermore he had left his five cell phones laptop and keys inside and only 2
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days later they found his black Infinity sedan abandoned nearby at the casel Aquatic Park his car keys passport and
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briefcase were found inside and apparently it had been parked in quote a
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very hidden location in a place where it seems like cars are not supposed to go
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after reviewing local surveillance footage detectives found him to be walking towards his RV at roughly 7:00
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a.m. while texting his fiance he seemed happy in these messages and told her that he would see her later but that is
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when he suddenly stopped responding to all of her messages according to officers another surveillance camera
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captured him driving and parking his black car in the Aquatic Park parking lot at 7:12 a.m. 10 minutes later a
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white SUV arrived and parked next to him he was then seen getting into this vehicle for a short while before exiting
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afterwards the white SUV then leaves a few minutes later and John is seen walking around the parking lot 10 to 15
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minutes after that he then walked away from his car never to be seen again
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several law enforcement agencies including the Missouri State Highway Patrol searched about a 9M radius around
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the park using people dogs and drones John's family would also set up a Facebook page seeking for any help and
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information but despite their best efforts he sadly was nowhere to be found
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that would be until 9 days later when an update came in the most terrific of ways
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on May the 30th 2023 two men were kayaking in Beaver Lake located 20 mi
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South in Arkansas and that is where they came across Jon's body floating in the water quite clearly he had been dead for
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quite some time officers were dispatched to the crime scene immediately it was apparent that he had died from a gunshot
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wound but the authorities would not say where he had been shot or whether it appeared to be self-inflicted now of
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course this has left many unanswered questions in the case and although the benty County coroner confirmed that an
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autopsy had been completed he also stated that the results would not be released until the investigation ended
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the news was sure to devastate his family both old and new his brother
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fiance and ex-wife were all devastated by it and they all immediately suspected
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that Foul Play was involved to quote his brother Richard he said we're in shock
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and I suspect Foul Play he wouldn't miss a shift even if his eyeballs were hanging out of their sockets he's
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punctual in the extreme it was an immediate red flag his fiance Laura was
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distraught and after claiming that he was the love of her life she is now faced with raising his child as a single
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parent a terrible challenge no matter what position you are
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in so of course the big questions here are what exactly happened to JN was this
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an accident was it self-inflicted or was someone out to murder him with him last
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seen talking to someone in a white SUV many wonder if perhaps that person knows what happened to John of course though
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the authorities are remaining tight lipped on the situation leading many to speculate saying that Jon was also seen
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alive and well after the SUV drove away so it is possible that they have nothing to do with this story as we know he then
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walked away from his own vehicle and out of sight of the surveillance camera never to be seen alive again and so did
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he meet someone by chance maybe or was someone else to get him or was this just
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one terrible accident or even taking his own life well as it turns out Jon had
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actually made enemies in the past in fact back in the year 2022 he was even
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kidnapped by masked as salant as confirmed by his brother during this time he was zip tied before being being
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driven to a dark cold and lonely Bridge he was then threatened before being let
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go the thing is JN never reported this to the police because he believed that he was in continued danger I mean he
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told no one about this his brother didn't even find out until after he passed away the only person to know
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about this was one of Jon's best friends but even still Jon had no idea why he
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was kidnapped he did believe though that it was crypto related according to reports the authorities apparently do
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not suspect Foul Play which is in direct contradiction to the opinions of Jon's family and close friends all of whom
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strongly reject any suggestion that he took his own life you see John was a happy successful and ambitious man and
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was never the type to accept defeat or think about death there are strange details to highlight however it is noted
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that Jon had allegedly sent large amounts of money to his family in the days leading up to his disappearance so
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if it does beg the question did he know that something was wrong perhaps he knew
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that someone was after him or maybe he was thinking about the end of the road
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on the flip side he did ask Laura to marry him only 3 days before disappearing which is not something
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you'd expect from a man who was contemplating death to add to this he was also aware that she was now pregnant
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with his child and John was a very caring and thoughtful man kidnapping aside Jon also exper experienced long
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feuds with other people online some of whom would even hack his computer and deliberately try to cause him harm so
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maybe they decided to take things one step further and end his life there are issues within the investigation itself
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too when Jon's family inquired about how they identified his body detectives allegedly responded by saying that they
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recognized his face and simply that was it in addition to this forensic test
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results have never been disclosed to the public and apparently there are no leads or interviews in the current investigation
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quite frankly a lot of this sounds quite suspicious to me it is worth remembering though that the authorities may know
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much more than they are currently leading on and of course that is to maximize the potential chances of
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catching a potential murderer so was John murdered or did he take his own life and with this investigation so
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patchy can we be sure to trust so was John murdered or did he take his own
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life and while there may be a valid reason why this case seems so patchy at the moment can we really be sure why much
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like our previous case this one is shrouded in mystery and the investigation still continues to this
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day and John's family Olden new still struggle in smoke and
Nikolai Mushegian
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mirrors our next case takes us South to the Caribbean island of Porto Rico with
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a population of 3.2 million residents and a gorgeous climate Puerto Rico is a bus busy Island that attracts plenty of
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tourists its rather unique position as an unincorporated US Territory also
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means that many wealthy Americans can appreciate the country as a low tax jurisdiction now I'm not implying that
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anyone in this story is guilty of such a thing but it is worth highlighting in the year 2022 29-year-old Nikolai mhan
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spent most of his time between his home in Florida and on the island of Puerto Rico and although he was born in Russia
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he and his family moved to the US when he was just a small child Nikolai attended Carnegie melon University where
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he graduated in the year 2014 while at University he showed a keen interest in
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technology and finance eventually leading him to cryptocurrency much like our other characters he was a major
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player in the crypto scene you see Nikolai was an early developer of maker da and played a pivotal role in
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developing stable coin systems these stable coins are designed to minimize the volatility typically associated at
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with cryptocurrencies therefore making them more suitable for everyday transactions and financial applications
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his efforts here were for a very good cause Nikolai advocated for a more transparent and decentralized system and
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was seen as an influential developer who wanted to changeed the landscape around him as an early developer and co-founder
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of makad Dow Nikolai made a lot of money now it is unclear how much this guy made
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in his 20s but allow the numbers to speak for themselves he donated more than 4 .2 Million worth of
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cryptocurrency to his university owned several properties throughout Florida and Puerto Rico and enjoyed A500 ft
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luxurious home on the island which is estimated to be worth a cool $6 million
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us or5 million British p with panoramic water views the lakefront home featured
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a saltwater pool a newly renovated kitchen with granite countertops and an outdoor kitchen with a grill and a
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beautiful view now ioli was a very collected calm and docile young person
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he was intelligent and he always took his time to think about things before doing them however in the month leading
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up to his unfortunate death there were telling signs that things were not going well for him whether you'd like to label
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it as an Ever worsening situation for whatever reason or simply just paranoia
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Nikolai was becoming increasingly concerned for his life I mean for one he had recently broken up with his
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girlfriend but not for the most straight of reasons and I say that because he
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actually believed that she was a secret spy who was working for a criminal organization you see Nikolai believed
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that his ex-girlfriend had even planted a bogus laptop in his home and framed him as an enemy to the CIA so let's dive
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a little deeper into nikolai's beliefs because this is where it starts to get very very
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strange on September the 5th 2022 Nikolai tweeted 3 possible futures for
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me number one suicided by CIA number two CIA brain damage slave asset or number
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three worst nightmare of people who [ __ ] up with me until now I am sure these are the only options almost 2
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months later and in his final tweet ever posted he said CIA and mosad and pedo
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Elite are running some kind of sex trafficking entrapment blackmail ring out of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
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islands they are going to frame me with a laptop planted by my ex girlfriend who was a spy they will torture me to death
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and to make things even more concerning only 4 hours after making this tweet
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Nikolai mhan was dead he had drowned in the ocean nearby although this does
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sound like murder PTO Rico Police bureau's Homicide division who investigated the matter say they believe
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several factors in this investigation Point towards Nikolai taking his own life now I know this sounds quite fishy
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but it is worth noting that his family also believed that his mental health had been deteriorating in the months leading
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up to his death and unfortunately they believed he was also reaching a Breaking Point and to add to this counterargument
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friends within the cryptosphere also describe him as brilliant but also troubled so the question is did Nikolai
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take his own life or was something else at play in the background well to begin
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with nikolai's body was found in the waters near Ashford Beach which is an area well known for its dangerous
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swimming conditions now this beach usually has signs warning people not to swim in the area mostly due to its
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dangerous undercurrents and its Rocky conditions but some of those signs had actually been washed away by a hurricane
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only 2 months prior leaving many uninformed tourists at risk the thing is
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Nikolai was not a tourist and to add to that there were no indications to suggest that he'd been surfing prior to
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his death so why was Nikolai in the water now it is possible in combination
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with with his rather apprehensive tweets only a few hours prior that Nikolai may have suffered some sort of psychotic
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break after that he may have ran into the water accidentally drowned and then
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washed up on Ashford beach now there is a chance that investigators even have proof of this but have not disclosed it
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to the public but only his family but whatever it is they seem pretty adamant
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that it was some sort of relapse with his mental health as far as we know nikolai's
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investigation is offici closed with the cause of his death officially marked as drowning through accident or taking his
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own life as already mentioned many of his close friends and family believe that he experienced some sort of
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psychotic break but others think he may have fallen victim to the exact thing he tweeted about only a few hours prior now
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a bit of basic psychology here but we are all naturally programmed to identify patterns and connect dots where we can
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see them that is part of our survival Instinct as a species after all so when Nikolai creates the riskiest tweet of
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his life by claiming that the CIA and Mossad will execute him and then he is found dead only a few hours later it is
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an extraordinarily alarming coincidence that will make many question if it was a coincidence at all but the truth is that
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nikolai's mental health had been dwindling in the months leading up to his death so it is possible that this
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was simply a self-inflicted accident that may have ended in
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tragedy now crypto currency assets are volatile and a high-risk investment but
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usually that definition implies risk to the money you put into crypto and not your actual life now I'm not going to
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cover the basics of investment but what I will say is that you should not worry about death through crypto all of the
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stories we have covered here today involve men who are heavily invested into cryptocurrency and by heavily I
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mean far into the millions Fernando was wrong to owe money to so many people and
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as for Nikolai he may have simply been neglecting his already poor mental health but I will admit that John's
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story is shrouded in mystery so with that in mind what are your thoughts about these three stories I would love
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to know your opinions because these three are so open-ended as always let me know what you think in the comments down
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below and while you're there let me know what you think about this format of video it was slightly different but I
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actually quite enjoyed this one and would you like to see more cryptocurrency cases because quite
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honestly there are tons out there anyway folks that's pretty much the end of the video today thank you so much for making
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anyway folks that is it for me today thank you again so much for watching and as always I'll see you again very soon
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for another one until the moment arrives though remember to look after yourself look after each other
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and of course as always stay safe thank you and goodbye