According to WuSay, Canada's "cryptocurrency king" Aiden Pleterski and his accomplice Colin Murphy are accused of defrauding investors of 40 million Canadian dollars (about 30 million US dollars) in an investment scheme involving cryptocurrencies and foreign exchange. Between 2021 and 2022, about 160 investors provided Pleterski and his company AP Private Equity Limited with about 40 million Canadian dollars. Pleterski invested only 2% of the funds he received and spent at least 16 million US dollars on himself - buying more than 10 luxury cars, international travel, and renting an $8.4 million lakefront mansion for $45,000 a month. In December 2022, Pleterski was kidnapped, beaten and tortured by five victims of his alleged Ponzi scheme.