2 more arrests in abducted Montreal crypto influencer’s death, police say

Quebec provincial constabulary accidental 2 much arrests were made Tuesday successful transportation with the decease of a cryptocurrency influencer who was kidnapped from his Old Montreal condo earlier this year.

The latest improvement comes aft Kevin Mirshahi’s remains were formally identified past week by authorities. His assemblage was discovered connected Oct. 30 astatine Montreal’s Parc de l’Île-de-la-Visitation.

Police accidental Darius Perry, 27, and Nackael Hickey, 26, were arrested and expected to look astatine the Valleyfield courthouse Tuesday. They are some facing charges of accessory aft the information to the execution of Mirshahi and forcible confinement of 3 different people.

Mirshahi, 25, had been missing since helium and 3 different radical successful their 20s were kidnapped from the parking store of his condo gathering connected June 21. Three of the abductees — 2 women and a antheral — were recovered live the pursuing time successful occidental Montreal, but Mirshahi remained missing.

By August, investigators had concluded Mirshahi had been killed. Police arrested Joanie Lepage, 32, of Les Cèdres, 45 kilometres southwest of Montreal.

Lepage was charged with first-degree murder, forcible confinement and accessory aft the information to execution connected Aug. 22. She is expected backmost successful tribunal successful December.

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Quebec’s fiscal regulator had been investigating Mirshahi. In 2021, the Autorité des marchés financiers sought an bid against him, 2 different individuals and a company, forbidding immoderate activities oregon transactions covered by the provincial Securities Act.

An administrative tribunal’s consequent ruling included “bans connected engaging successful immoderate activities arsenic concern dealers oregon advisers,” including societal media promotion successful transportation with a circumstantial benignant of cryptocurrency. Mirshahi owned and operated a private, paid Telegram radical called Crypto Paradise Island, according to ruling documents. In July, the regulator sought and obtained different hold of that order.

There person been 3 arrests to day successful the case, but the probe is ongoing. Police accidental anyone with accusation tin interaction them confidentially astatine 1-800-659-4264.

— with files from The Canadian Press and Global’s Julie Turcotte