Evan Luthra recounts alleged Oxford kidnapping by masked men

CryptoPotato reported that Evan Luthra has given an account of an alleged abduction that he says happened on November 4, 2025, during a Halloween trip to the UK. The trip also included a House of Lords award and a speech at Oxford University that Luthra attended.

Luthra described five masked men holding him for about 30 minutes, and said the attackers allegedly used Face ID to access a phone. He said about $1.5 million was withdrawn from Binance and about $600,000 in Ethereum was taken from a Gate account, with over $2 million in crypto involved in total.

Police valued a Richard Mille watch near £450,000 in the case. The vehicle was abandoned on Five Mile Drive in north Oxford, and Luthra suspects the driver's arranger helped plan the kidnapping, though he has no proof.

The report also covers France, where Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on June 30 that crypto-linked kidnappings had reached 77 so far, and about 200 people had been arrested. It also describes a Minnesota family held hostage for nine hours while $8 million was transferred.