This crypto‑millionaire recounts his assault and the theft of $2 million in the UK

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Despite worrying and constantly increasing figures since the start of this year, France is not the only country in the world which sees its cryptocurrency holders targeted by increasingly organized and violent attacks with the aim of stealing the contents of their wallets.

A situation faced by the famous investor and crypto millionaire, Evan Luthra, in November 2025, as part of an event in which he participated for Halloween at the University of Oxford with four friends. A quiet evening which turned upside down when he decided to leave the premises in the private car reserved for him.

Indeed, this entrepreneur included in the ranking of the thirty most influential personalities under thirty of the moment (30 Under 30) of the media Forbes has just revealed the details of this affair, in an interview given to the media BeInCrypto where he describes a real nightmare.

And for good reason, he had barely left the scene when his vehicle was intercepted by five hooded men, while his driver was turning into an isolated street. They immediately hit Evan Luthra, telling the other people in the car not to intervene because they were only after him.

Within the first ten seconds, I realized it was a kidnapping. I also realized that I was going to lose millions of dollars.

Soon, Evan Luthra's attackers took action, starting by stealing his limited edition luxury Richard Mille watch, estimated at £450,000, then forcing their victim to unlock his phone with the Face ID option in order to access his crypto accounts.

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Aware of the critical nature of the situation and the determination of the five criminals, Evan Luthra explains that he quickly decided to “give them everything”. A cooperation which will allow thieves to access his Binance account to withdraw the equivalent of 1.5 million dollars, then to a wallet of 600,000 dollars in Ethers (ETH) on the Gate platform.

They already knew who I was. I have a rather public profile. The organizer who found the driver knew who I was, and I think he helped organize what happened.

An operation carried out in just thirty minutes which will motivate the attackers to try to access his bank accounts. But they will finally abandon the idea and leave the scene, still taking the victim's phone. A very profitable operation, since they left with a final loot estimated at 2 million dollars.

Machine-translated from French