US crypto entrepreneur arrested in Dubai alleges torture by police

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An American cryptocurrency entrepreneur locked in a legal dispute with the CEO of the collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse has been detained in Dubai and alleges police have tortured him into signing a false confession, the Guardian can reveal. Edel Hsieh, 43, from California, was first arrested in March at Dubai’s airport while attempting to fly to London. Police beat him during his interrogation, he said. “They torture us for our confession,” said Hsieh on a jail call recording obtained by the Guardian. “They said ‘I will rape you, hold you, and send you back to China.’ They slammed my head...