Post date: Apr 25, 2011 7:2:51 PM
Russian security forces free son of internet entrepreneur Eugene Kaspersky in police 'sting' and arrest kidnappers.
MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA (APRIL 24, 2011) (MOSCOW - ussian law enforcement agencies freed the 20-year old son of Kasperky Lab's founder Eugene Kaspersky following a kidnapping last week.
The leading anti-virus software firm said in a statement on Sunday (April 24) that no ransom was paid to free him.
Earlier media reports indicated Ivan Kaspersky, 20, was kidnapped on April 19 and that his abductors demand 3 million euros ($4.19 million) for his release.Kidnappings of business people and their children are not uncommon in Russia, and wealthy Muscovites are usually accompanied by bodyguards.
Law enforcement sources said that Kaspersky was freed during a special operation during which the abductors were misled
"During the search and release of the young man we used known methods of solving this kind of crimes tested by years of experience, as well as modern high-tech forensic techniques," Federal Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Monday (April 25).
Moscow police told the Interfax agency that five suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
Kaspersky is the world's fourth-biggest maker of secure content management systems, rivalling Symantec, McAfee Inc and Trend Micro.
The firm is considered to be Russia's most successful software start-up and President Dmitry Medvedev visited Kaspersky Lab last year to showcase its success for international investors wary of the nation's investment climate.