NYPD Officers Placed on Leave Amid SoHo Crypto Kidnapping Investigation
- Two NYPD officers, Roberto Cordero and Raymond J. Low, have been placed on leave.
- The officers are under investigation for alleged involvement in a crypto trader’s kidnapping.
- Victim Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan was held for three weeks in Manhattan.
- Carturan’s net worth is estimated at approximately $30 million.
- Suspects sought access to Carturan’s cryptocurrency holdings through torture and extortion.
The NYPD officers were removed from active duty due to their alleged connections with suspects involved in the kidnapping of crypto trader Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan, who endured a three-week ordeal aimed at extracting his cryptocurrency wallet phrase. The victim managed to escape on May 22.
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