Crypto Investor Luthra Reveals Oxford Kidnapping Incident, Over $2 Million in Assets Lost

Crypto investor Evan Luthra disclosed his experience of being kidnapped in Oxford, UK, in November 2025. During the incident, the private vehicle Luthra was in was forced onto a secluded road, where five masked men entered the car, assaulted him, and unlocked his phone using Face ID. In about 30 minutes, the kidnappers transferred over $1.5 million in crypto assets from his Binance account, around $600,000 in ETH from his Gate account, and stole a Richard Mille watch valued at approximately £450,000. Luthra stated that exchanges like Binance and MEXC assisted in freezing and recovering some of the funds, with Binance returning about $370,000, bringing the total recovered to nearly $1 million. Several suspects have been arrested in the case, and the trial has been postponed until November 2027.

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