‘Crypto King’ switches courtrooms to attend his kidnapper’s sentencing hearing. Then came an even odder twist - Toronto Star
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Deren Akyeam-Pong, left, and Adrien Pleterski in the backseat of a truck used during Pleterski’s abduction. Akyeam-Pong is facing sentencing for the kidnapping.
In one Toronto courtroom, Aiden Pleterski, a.k.a. the “Crypto King,” is standing trial for allegedly defrauding investors of millions through a Ponzi scheme, money that prosecutors say he burned on luxury cars, vacations, private‑jet travel and a lakefront mansion. On Thursday, he appeared in a different courtroom in the same downtown courthouse — this time as a victim.
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