11 Most Expensive Ransoms Ever Paid

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2.Victor Li

Nominal value of the ransom: $133 million

Value in 2015 USD: 203.8 million

The most famous (and most lucrative) of Big Spender’s victims was Victor Li. The heir to the richest Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-shing was kept in a wooden box while his father agreed to pay $133 million dollars to Cheung Tze-keung. The details of the ransom and other criminal activities were discovered on his trial in 1998 in China. Big Spender was sentenced to death and shot on December 5th, 1998.

Most Expensive Ransoms Ever Paid - Victor Li

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