A Toronto investor who lost thousands to Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King is one of five men facing charges connected to the alleged kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault of Aiden Pleterski last December, CBC Toronto has learned.
CBC Toronto previously reported details of Pleterski’s alleged kidnapping based on a report from ongoing bankruptcy proceedings against the 24-year-old. In the bankruptcy, investors have been working for nearly a year to try and track down more than $40 million given to Pleterski to invest in crypto currency and foreign exchange.
Akil Heywood has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping Pleterski and for threatening the administrator overseeing the
