A Florida man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to kidnapping a Portland resident who was beaten, stripped, and taped to a post in a rural field during a 2023 cryptocurrency heist, The Oregonian reported.
Billy Shane Cordova, 26, of Jacksonville, admitted to one count of kidnapping before U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You in Portland. Under a plea agreement, prosecutors are expected to dismiss a related charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
“I plead guilty,” Cordova told the judge during the hearing…