Norwegian millionaire arrested for wife's murder claims to have received $10 million Monero ransom note

According to BlockBeats, Norwegian millionaire Tom Hagen is suspected of murdering his missing wife after he reported her missing and received a ransom notice for $10 million in Monroe.

According to Norwegian media reports, local police suspect millionaire Tom Hagen of murdering his missing wife. In October 2018, Norwegian millionaire Tom Hagen reported that his wife had been kidnapped and he also received a ransom note demanding $10 million worth of the cryptocurrency Monero.

However, on April 28, Hagen was arrested by local authorities on suspicion of murdering his wife, and it seems that asking for a ransom was just a way to cover up the crime. As one of the richest people in Norway, Hagen is worth about $161 million. It is unclear how much he has invested in Bitcoin (BTC) or other digital assets. His wife Anne-Elisabeth reportedly disappeared from her home near Oslo on October 31, 2018. The case is still under further trial. Reuters reported on April 29 that police lawyer Aase Kjustad Eriksson said at a press conference that after 18 months of investigation, the police now have reason to suspect Tom Hagen is a murderer or an accomplice to murder.

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