Man Who Was Held at Gunpoint for Bitcoin Comes Forward
it appears that Todd Kantor was not the same man as reported previously, but another victim instead. Earlier this month, CCN reported on a nameless man who was held at gunpoint for Bitcoin in Brooklyn, New York. Now he has come forward to another outlet, YouMeAndBTC, and in the below video he is identified as Todd Kantor and describes the events in greater detail. It appears that the story that CNBC and others ran was summarily wrong in some respects, notably how long he was held and how much backstory there was in the events. In the video he says that this has been going on for some time....
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