TMZ Founder: Activity In Bitcoin Account Attached To Purported Ransom Letters
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According to TMZ’s Harvey Levin, there was activity in the bitcoin account that was set up to accept funds for the return of Nancy Guthrie.
Levin said, “I can only tell you that we have seen activity in the account.”
BREAKING: TMZ’s Harvey Levin says there is activity for the first time in the bitcoin account that was set up to accept funds for the return of Nancy Guthrie.
CNN: “I know you have still been checking for any payments. What are you seeing?”
Levin: “So about 12 minutes ago, we… pic.twitter.com/GyRPmw2Xmi
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 11, 2026
A Bitcoin account attached to the purported ransom letters sent to various news outlets has seen activity, TMZ founder Harvey Levin said Tuesday.
“I can only tell you that we have seen activity in the account,” Levin told CNN’s Erin Burnett without elaborating.
TMZ is one of three outlets that received alleged ransom notes in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
TMZ said this was the first time they had seen activity in the bitcoin account.
We’ve seen activity for the first time in the Bitcoin account listed in the first ransom note which was sent to us here at TMZ, and also to 2 TV stations in Tucson. For various reasons, we are not going to reveal the amount, but the activity happened in the last 25 minutes.
