A bitcoin extortion scam similar to that seen in Leaside last year has hit affluent men in Greenwich, Connecticut. In the Leaside case, extortionists threatened to reveal “secrets” about family members. In the US, the threat says wives will be told the horrible truth. In both cases a demand is made for a payoff in the untraceable cryptocurrency. And as in Leaside, the extortionists don’t really know anything. They trade on the fears of most people, men and woman, that something about them will be revealed. It’s a dirty trick. Then, beautiful shots of the so-called blood moon with the best explanation ever heard of just what that means. Below that, the mother of Mollie Tibbetts is hanging on to her hope. The Iowa girl disappeared earlier in the week on a regular jog through corn fields. Finally, wildfires are closing in on the Northern California town of Redding and residents are fleeing..
