The founder of Tuenti, Zaryn Dentzel, 38, has changed the version of events and in the formal complaint filed with the National Police has indicated that they

did not steal bitcoins during the assault he suffered last Tuesday afternoon at his home from the center of Madrid

, a luxury penthouse next to the Prado Museum. The creator of the social network did confirm that several hooded men stole jewelry, a mobile phone and several personal computers after being detained for more than four hours by four people in order to obtain the keys to their accounts and electronic wallets.

The businessman has gone this Wednesday around three in the afternoon to the Higher Headquarters of the National Police of Madrid, where the members of the XII group of the Provincial Judicial Police Brigade, who are in charge of the investigation, have taken a statement, according to police sources.

Dentzel has maintained that a group of hooded men

raided his home and tortured him

into confessing the password to his bitcoin accounts.

However, the businessman has said that

his cryptocurrencies have not been stolen

but they have stolen various personal and material effects of an undetermined value, according to these same sources.

At first

his testimony was somewhat "confused"

due to the state of nervousness in which he was, the sources add.

The residents of the building, located on Ruiz de Alarcón street, were the ones who gave the warning to 091 when they heard the

screams of the victim

, and Dentzel himself also called the police, according to El Español.

The agents came around 7:20 p.m. and took a statement from the well-known American businessman, who said that at three in the afternoon he

was at his home

accompanied by a maintenance worker when they rang the bell.

When he opened the door, a group of four or five hooded men broke into his house and, after covering the surveillance cameras with clothing,

tied him up, gagged him and sprayed

his eyes, according to the businessman's statements to police.

The Californian businessman said that this group kept beating him for about four hours

demanding the passwords of his cryptocurrency accounts

and the passwords of his computers.

Denztel had a small chest wound, which he has presented as evidence of the assault.

Finally, he gave his attackers the password to his bitcoin account, where he claimed to have several million euros.

In addition, he pointed out that the group of

hooded men stole several computers, mobile phones, jewelry, a tablet and a "pendrive".

The investigators work with the hypothesis that the alleged robbers belong to a gang from Eastern Europe, according to the statement of the businessman.

The Scientific Police also traveled to the house to collect evidence and the Judicial Police review the apartment's security cameras.

Zaryn Dentzel

created the social network Tuenti in 2006

and four years later Telefónica bought 85% of its capital for 70 million euros.

It closed in 2016, although the businessman maintained his residence in Spain, where he arrived in 1998 for an exchange of studies.

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