FBI Tests $4 Million Nancy Guthrie Crypto Ransom as Harvey Levin Rejects Death-Note Apology Claim
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 22
FBI Tests $4 Million Nancy Guthrie Crypto Ransom as Harvey Levin Rejects Death-Note Apology Claim
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 22
Summary
$4 million ransom demands in the Nancy Guthrie case are being probed by the FBI, which a federal law enforcement source said sent small crypto payments to a Bitcoin wallet to test whether the extortion messages were credible.
Harvey Levin said reports that a ransom note apologized for Guthrie's death were wrong: the note TMZ received said only that she was "scared but OK" and made no mention of her dying.
A separate stream of emails sent to TMZ later claimed Guthrie was dead and sought $100,000 for information, Levin said; he passed them to the FBI, but the sender was never paid.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the FBI has handled numerous ransom demands from the start, with some deemed bogus and others still potentially real.
Twenty weeks after the 84-year-old's suspected abduction from her Arizona home, her whereabouts remain unknown despite a reward topping $1.2 million.