Ben Armstrong Bitboy gets arrested on livestream over Lamborghini dispute

Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, antecedently known arsenic BitBoy, has been arrested portion live-streaming extracurricular the location of a erstwhile concern associate, who helium alleges is successful possession of his Lamborghini. 

Before the YouTube stream, helium posted that helium was “going unrecorded soon from a precise peculiar location.”

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Less than an hr later, Armstrong was live-streaming himself astatine the residence of advisor and NFT capitalist Carlos Diaz, who is understood to person links to the HIT Network.

Armstrong went into a tirade claiming that Diaz “wanted to termination him,” alleging his links with the Houston mafia.

“I’m not frightened of you Carlos,” helium hollered.

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At astir 19 minutes into the stream, Armstrong was met with section police, who turned up and asked if Armstrong had a limb connected him, which helium denied.

He was past ordered to enactment down the phone, and the watercourse goes blank for the remaining 17 minutes, though audio tin inactive beryllium heard of a speech betwixt Armstrong and the constabulary officers.

According to a listing connected the Gwinnett County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office, Armstrong was booked connected Sept. 25 astatine 9:11 p.m. section clip and remains incarcerated.

Screenshot from Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office

On Sept. 26, Diaz posted a confirmation that Armstrong had turned up astatine his house.

Related: BitBoy Crypto marque volition nary longer see YouTuber Ben Armstrong

In precocious August, Hit Network, which controls the “BitBoy Crypto" brand, chopped ties with its nationalist face, Ben Armstrong, citing issues surrounding substance maltreatment and fiscal harm to employees.

Since past a mates of lawsuits person been filed and retracted by assorted parties involved. Armstrong adjacent appealed for donations connected Sept. 20 to screen his ineligible battles which riled the crypto community.