Head of major cryptocurrency exchange kidnapped in Ukraine

A Russian IT specialist and managing director of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges Pavel Lerner has been kidnapped in Kiev, Ukrainian media reports.

Lerner stopped responding to phone calls on December 26, according to a Ukrainian media Strana.ua.

"The programmer was dragged into a Mercedes-Benz Vito car by unknown persons in dark clothes and balaclavas, and taken away in an unknown direction," the website writes.

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