"Self-proclaimed Crypto King Aiden Pleterski was on his knees begging for his life while his kidnapper pointed a gun at him and counted down from three. Before reaching one, the kidnapper fired the gun beside Pleterski's head. Where is it? Deren Akyeam-Pong demanded after taking the shot. The exchange is part of a 13-second video taken the night of Pleterski's 2022 kidnapping. It was entered as an exhibit during Akyeam-Pong's guilty plea on nine related charges including kidnapping, assault and various gun charges last month in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto."
"Pleterski, now 26, thought he was meeting with a potential investor on Dec. 5, 2022, when a gun was pressed into his ribs in the backseat of a pickup truck in Toronto. The abduction was the beginning of a three-day long kidnapping during which Pleterski was threatened and tortured. The torture included waterboarding, cigarette burns and getting beaten with golf clubs as his captors drove him between several locations in southern Ontario."
Aiden Pleterski was abducted on Dec. 5, 2022, after believing he was meeting a potential investor. A gun was pressed into his ribs in the backseat of a pickup truck in Toronto, and he was forced into a three-day kidnapping during which he was threatened and tortured. Torture methods included waterboarding, cigarette burns and beatings with golf clubs as captors transported him across southern Ontario. A 13-second video shows Pleterski on his knees while a captor fires a gun beside his head. One captor, Deren Akyeam-Pong, pleaded guilty to nine charges including kidnapping, assault and gun offences.
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