Quebec provincial police have arrested two suspects within the demise of 24-year-old cryptocurrency influencer Kevin Mirshahi.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) stated Darius Perry, 27, of Châteauguay, and Nackael Hickey, 26, of Montreal, are anticipated to seem on the Valleyfield courthouse on Tuesday to face costs of being an adjunct to homicide after the actual fact.
Mirshahi’s physique was discovered useless within the l’Île-de-la-Visitation nature park in Montreal’s Ahunstic-Cartierville borough on Oct. 30. He was pronounced useless on the scene.
Police allege he was one among 4 individuals who have been kidnapped from a apartment constructing in Outdated Montreal on June 21 and that he was killed on the identical day. Perry and Hickey are additionally going through kidnapping costs in relation to a few of these folks.
The SQ stated the 2 co-accused have been arrested Tuesday with the assistance of Châteauguay police and are asking anybody with details about the case to contact investigators at 1-800-659-4264.
A girl can be going through a number of costs following Mishahi’s demise. Joanie Lepage, 32, was arrested Aug. 22 and is going through costs of first-degree homicide, kidnapping, and accent after the actual fact to homicide.
Public information present that Mishahi was the topic of an investigation by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the regulatory physique that oversees the monetary sector in Quebec.
An administrative tribunal choice described him because the proprietor and operator of “of a non-public paid Telegram group referred to as Crypto Paradise Island.”
The choice issued an order to cease him from performing as “a dealer or funding advisor” in addition to one other order “prohibiting transactions in securities,” for Mirshahi, two different people, and an organization.
