India, June 21 -- Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has acknowledged a recent report indicating that Nancy Guthrie's disappearance might be linked to a wrench attack - a method where assailants employ kidnapping or violence to force a victim into surrendering cryptocurrency.

In a report released last month, the Web3 security firm CertiK identified the Nancy Guthrie case as an instance of a proxy target, referring to a vulnerable family member of the extortion target in a wrench attack.

Additionally, in a post on X this week, Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz reported that although Nanos refrained from commenting on the CertiK report, he confirmed that he had brought it to the attention of the team investigating the Nancy Guthrie case.

Ruiz...