Cryptocurrency investor Luthra disclosed that Oxford was kidnapped and over 2 million dollars in assets were transferred away

According to BeInCrypto, crypto investor Evan Luthra publicly disclosed for the first time his experience of being kidnapped in Oxford, UK, in November 2025. At that time, the private vehicle he was in suddenly drove onto a remote road, where five masked men broke into the car, assaulted him, and unlocked his phone using Face ID.

The attackers transferred over $1.5 million in crypto assets from his Binance account within about 30 minutes, moved approximately $600,000 in ETH from his Gate account, and stole a Richard Mille watch worth about £450,000. Luthra stated that afterward, exchanges like Binance and MEXC assisted in freezing and recovering some of the funds, with Binance returning about $370,000, and nearly $1 million has been recovered in total. Several suspects have been arrested in the case, and the trial has been postponed until November 2027.