One of the four men who prosecutors say flew from Florida to Portland in 2023 to kidnap a local man and steal his cryptocurrency, ultimately binding the man naked to a post in a rural Washington County field, pleaded guilty Friday.
Billy Shane Cordova, 26, of Jacksonville, Florida, entered the guilty plea to one count of kidnapping before U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You in federal court in Portland. A related conspiracy to commit kidnapping charge is expected to be dismissed.
Cordova is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 13…