Dragon’s £30k Twitter offer to catch blackmailer

‘Dragon’s Den’ star Duncan Bannatyne has offered a £30k reward on Twitter to catch the culprit who has threatened to hurt his daughter.
According to Bannatyne’s Twitter page, the Dragon spent Tuesday afternoon asking his 371, 653 followers to help hunt down blackmailer ‘Yuri Vasilyev’ who demanded £35k in return for not hurting the millionaire’s 25-year-old daughter Hollie.

The original threat from a Pastebin message was reportedly posted on Twitter by the blackmailer yesterday. It read: “Dear Dragon. My name is Yuri Vasilyev and I’m looking for a £35,000 investment to stop us hurting your Hollie Bannatyne.”

“We will bring hurt and pain into your life. We are watching her. She is very attractive. Want photos?”

“Tweet using the #4money to confirm payment will be made.”

Bannatyne is reported to have replied with: “I offer 25,000 pounds reward for the capture of the coward who calls himself @yurivasilyev. Double if his arms are broken first.”

That threatening tweet offering £50k to maim the blackmailer has now been removed. However, he has raised his initial reward to £30k.

The Dragon’s loyal Twitter followers have been quick to help him with providing online information about the blackmailer.

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Bannatyne later claimed on Twitter that he had traced the IP address of Vasilyev to an Internet cafe in Moscow, and says his daughter has got police protection.

The £30k offer for the elusive user’s arrest still stands at the time of writing.