Kidnapper admits to beating, waterboarding ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski
Warning: This story contains distressing details about torture and graphic images
Self-proclaimed “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski was on his knees begging for his life while his kidnapper pointed a gun at him and counted down from three.
Before reaching one, the kidnapper fired the gun beside Pleterski’s head.
“Where is it?” Deren Akyeam-Pong demanded after taking the shot.
The exchange is part of a 13-second video taken the night of Pleterski’s 2022 kidnapping. It was entered as an exhibit during Akyeam-Pong’s guilty plea on nine related charges including kidnapping, assault and various gun charges last month in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto.
Pleterski, now 26, thought he was meeting with a potential investor on Dec. 5,…
