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Crypto influencer Ben ‘Bitboy’ Armstrong has been reportedly arrested portion livestreaming his effort to face a erstwhile concern partner. Excerpts from the Youtube video released connected societal media amusement him explaining to constabulary the reasons for his deed, including the alleged theft of his Lamborghini.
Bitboy Crypto Gets Detained successful Front of Former Business Partner’s Residence
Crypto property Ben Armstrong, besides known arsenic Bitboy Crypto, has been seemingly arrested extracurricular the location of an ex-business spouse of his, Carlos Diaz. On Sept. 25, Armstrong appeared successful beforehand of his location wherever helium was aboriginal met by instrumentality enforcement.
Bitboy livestreamed his effort to face Diaz connected Youtube, alleging the second had been extorting and threatening him portion besides having stolen his Lamborghini. The watercourse is interrupted portion helium is talking with constabulary who arrived connected the country to hunt and question him.
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— Autism Capital 
(@AutismCapital) September 26, 2023
During his speech with the officers, Armstrong said helium was unarmed but told them helium had a weapon successful his car. He past revealed that a woman, whom helium admittedly had an matter with, was besides successful the truck, adding she was “involved successful the situation” and that his woman knew astir it.
While members of the crypto assemblage were buzzing with the quality connected X, formerly Twitter, adding details astir the incidental and adjacent the full recording of the stream, a caller listing by the Sheriff’s Department of Gwinnett County, Georgia was besides shared successful a fig of posts.
According to the police record, which appeared online precocious connected Monday, 40-year-old Benjamin Charles Armstrong was successful jail. The booking was aboriginal updated to adhd a enslaved magnitude of $2,600.
Carlos Diaz, a advisor connected the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace and an investor, besides confirmed Bitboy’s visit, posting information camera footage connected X showing Armstrong walking successful beforehand of his location with a smartphone and knocking connected his door.
@BenArmstrongsX Don’t cognize erstwhile to halt lying. #CarlosTheApe pic.twitter.com/5eH9nk4A75
— Carlos Diaz (@CarlosDiaz_22) September 26, 2023
The quality of the apprehension comes aft precocious past month, Ben Armstrong was removed from the Bitboy Crypto Youtube transmission and the marque with the aforesaid name. At the time, the genitor institution of Hit Network, which controls the fashionable channel, cited reasons specified arsenic Bitboy’s relapse into substance maltreatment and damages of assorted quality helium allegedly inflicted connected employees and assemblage members.
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