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  "id": 168533,
  "title": "Missouri trio charged over alleged Bitcoin kidnapping plot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/missouri-trio-charged-over-alleged-bitcoin-kidnapping-plot",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-05T07:34:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/three-missouri-men-charged-bitcoin-kidnapping"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The defendants allegedly traveled from Missouri to Connecticut to kidnap a Bitcoin holder and force him to transfer cryptocurrency before abandoning the plan.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}