CBC · 2026-11-13 22:53 UTC

'Crypto King' Aiden Pleterski testifies he was beaten, tortured during alleged kidnapping

Aiden Pleterski testified at the Toronto trial of three men accused of kidnapping and extorting him in December 2022, describing being beaten with a gun and tortured with knives and a lighter in a truck. A Crown video shows Pleterski on his knees begging for his life as a man fires a gun beside his head; he said he heard constant ringing in his left ear afterward. Pleterski, 27, was convicted of fraud last month over more than $30 million taken from investors and has not yet been sentenced; Akil Heywood, Alfredo Paladino and Rakeem Henry have pleaded not guilty.

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