Foreign gang 'extorts $3m in cryptocurrency' from tourists in Thailand

A foreign gang is being hunted by police after allegedly extorting cryptocurrency worth three million USD from a Russian couple in Thailand.

The group of six - composed of a German, a Russian, two Kazakhstani men, and two other foreigners of unclear nationality - had reportedly approached the tourists Evgenii and Ekaterna Abduliin, both 31, at a cafe on Koh Samui in Surat Thani province on September 15.