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title: "Crypto Investor Luthra Details Oxford Kidnapping: Five Masked Men Force Way Into Car and Assault Him, Stealing Over $2 Million in Crypto Within 30 Minutes"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/crypto-investor-luthra-details-oxford-kidnapping-five-masked-men-force-way-into-car-and-assault-him-stealing-over-2-million-in-crypto-within-30-minutes/
date: 2026-11-08
modified: 2026-11-08
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author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "According to BeInCrypto, crypto investor Evan Luthra has publicly disclosed for the first time the d..."
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  - "Crypto News"
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  - "crypto"
  - "cryptocurrencies"
  - "Defi"
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---

# Crypto Investor Luthra Details Oxford Kidnapping: Five Masked Men Force Way Into Car and Assault Him, Stealing Over $2 Million in Crypto Within 30 Minutes

According to BeInCrypto, crypto investor Evan Luthra has publicly disclosed for the first time the details of his kidnapping in Oxford, UK, in November 2025. While in a private vehicle, he was driven onto a remote road where five masked men forced their way in, assaulted him, and used Face ID to unlock his phone. Within about 30 minutes, they transferred more than $1.5M in crypto from his Binance account and approximately $600k worth of ETH from his Gate account, and also stole a Richard Mille watch valued at around £450k. Luthra said that exchanges including Binance and MEXC later helped freeze and recover some of the funds, with Binance returning about $370k, bringing the total recovered to nearly $1M. Several suspects have been arrested, and the trial has been postponed to November 2027.