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The newspaper can now reveal that a key clue in what police believe is the abduction of a finger to hide the murder of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen may be linked to an email account that was used to register an account for the trade in cryptocurrencies.
The email should have been used to communicate as the alleged counterparty for the first time after Anne-Elisabeth Hagen went missing on October 31, 2018.
Police have tracked the email account of a man in southern Norway. According to Dagbladet’s information, the man believes that he or she has been exposed to identity theft by the person (s) who used the email address and claimed to be a counterpart in the 68-year-old disappearance.
Outsiders
Dagbladet has been in contact with the Southlander, who says he received a duty of confidentiality from the police and cannot comment on the case.
According to Dagbladet’s information, the man must have been surprised by the incident and considered the circumstances as special.
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Police should not have considered the man as a suspect in the case, and believe that, as a stranger, he has been dragged to the largest crime scene in Norway.
The man, whom police have linked to the email address, has no known ties to murder victim Tom Hagen (70) or to the “cryptocurrency man” in his 30s accused of serious kidnapping in the case.
Police attorney Haris Hrenovica says the police cannot comment on Dagbladet’s information.
– But the investigation is still in full swing, and many of the planned exploration steps are taking place at both a technical and tactical level. This applies, among other things, to the examination of seizures, analyzes and questions from various people, says Hrenovica.
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Police believe Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was killed and that the person or persons behind them have touched on a kidnapping to hide a murder.
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There are several clues in the case that point to a financially motivated kidnapping, and one of the police theories is that the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen is slated for at least half a year.
The most concrete clue that the planning has revealed is linked to the ransom demand of around NOK 90 million in cryptocurrencies, which was presented through the threat letter Tom Hagen told police he found at his home.
Police Inspector Tommy Brøske told Dagbladet in October last year that they had found what they believed to be preparatory actions related to the cryptocurrency route in the early summer of 2018, six months before the 68-year-old woman went missing. .
Creating the cryptocurrency account with the direction of the South is one of the first planning traces.
Kryptomann
The police digital search is now very central to the case. Among other things, they check all electronic devices and Internet accounts for the “cryptomaniac” of the 1930s accused of serious kidnapping.
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As Dagbladet wrote earlier this week, the man in his 30s made contact with Tom Hagen in late 2017 and early 2018. He should have first approached billionaire Tom Hagen with a business idea and after being rejected, he should having appeared upstairs without notice in the Hagen offices several times.
Police described the man’s experience in IT and cryptocurrencies, but NRK reported Tuesday that the “crypto man” had contact with other experts about Tom Hagen.
“Whale”
In the reports, the man writes that he himself does not have sufficient knowledge of the cryptocurrency, and that is why he contacts these cryptocurrencies.
In one of the SMS that has been given access to the channel, Hagen describes himself as a “whale”. This means that you are a potential investor with a large amount of money.
Police believe that the cryptocurrency track, which among other things should have promoted a ransom demand of around nine million euros, indicates that attempts have been made to cheat.
– It is justified to link this to misleading too. One wonders if it was really intended for someone to receive a payment, or if this was only to trick the police, prosecutor Haris Hrenovica of the Eastern Police District told Dagbladet last week.
Analogous term
Several people Dagbladet has spoken to, who know Tom Hagen well, describe the billionaire as an “analog man,” according to sources, among other things, printed email attachments at the office on paper.
In front of Dagbladet last weekend his advocate Svein Holden believed Hagen’s digital competition speaks for him not lies behind the wrongdoing.
According to people who had extensive contact with Hagen, he should have trouble reading and writing SMS, among other things.
“In the past 17 months, I have examined your digital competence well and, in my opinion, it is a good argument that you cannot have misled the police in the way that the case requires,” Holden said.
Accused of tunnel vision
Tom Hagen was released on Friday after the Eidsivating Court of Appeal found that there was no reasonable reason to suspect the 70-year-old, and the Supreme Court rejected the police appeal. He had been detained for ten days. However, the police have confirmed the murder charge against him and have since carried out the so-called third-party investigation.
Garden defender Svein Holden believes the police do not have access to the search and has brought him to court.
Hagen’s defense attorney and assistant attorney for Tom and Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s three adult children have attacked police and believe the investigation is characterized by tunnel vision.
– From the beginning we have investigated the case extensively and followed the traces that we have found. It has been, and is, a demanding investigation, especially since we believe that someone has deliberately entered to deceive the police. The police have a special responsibility to ensure an objective investigation. Although we have charges, the investigation is as much about corroborating as it is about confirming, and about obtaining evidence of both guilt and innocence. I am sure the investigation is being carried out in a good and objective manner, says Ida Melbo Øystese, Chief of Police for the Eastern Police District, in a statement on Wednesday.
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