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7/22/2025, 1:16:01 AM
A kidnap gang dumped a celebrity barber at a railway station after mistaking him for a cryptocurrency billionaire.
Quentin Cepeljac, 21, who cuts the hair of several Belgian football stars, was tricked into travelling from Belgium to London by the thieves.
Cepeljac had been befriended on TikTok and Instagram by Davina Raaymakers, 20, who is also Belgian. After he told her that he was a successful cryptocurrency dealer, she invited him to spend a weekend with her at a tenth-floor luxury flat in central London.
The gang, who included Raaymaker’s boyfriend Adlan Haji, were under the impression that Cepeljac was a cryptocurrency billionaire. After taking his passport, phone and embossed Louis Vuitton wallet, they demanded he transfer them £500,000 from his crypto account.
Cepeljac replied: “I don’t have that kind of money”. Haji, 28, said: “Are you kidding me?”
The kidnappers reduced their demand to £50,000, before settling for £2,000 from Cepeljac’s current account after learning that he only held £6.71 in crypto. They forced him to call a friend in Belgium to ask for more money. The friend called Belgian police, who contacted Scotland Yard.
Quentin Cepeljac, 21, who cuts the hair of several Belgian football stars, was tricked into travelling from Belgium to London by the thieves.
Cepeljac had been befriended on TikTok and Instagram by Davina Raaymakers, 20, who is also Belgian. After he told her that he was a successful cryptocurrency dealer, she invited him to spend a weekend with her at a tenth-floor luxury flat in central London.
The gang, who included Raaymaker’s boyfriend Adlan Haji, were under the impression that Cepeljac was a cryptocurrency billionaire. After taking his passport, phone and embossed Louis Vuitton wallet, they demanded he transfer them £500,000 from his crypto account.
Cepeljac replied: “I don’t have that kind of money”. Haji, 28, said: “Are you kidding me?”
The kidnappers reduced their demand to £50,000, before settling for £2,000 from Cepeljac’s current account after learning that he only held £6.71 in crypto. They forced him to call a friend in Belgium to ask for more money. The friend called Belgian police, who contacted Scotland Yard.
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