Guillaume Nobert was arrested in Cancun, Mexico, following a two-year manhunt connected to the murder of cryptocurrency influencer Kevin Mirshahi, CityNews Montreal reported.
Quebec provincial police announced that extradition proceedings will begin to return the 38-year-old resident of Saint-Lazare to Quebec. Nobert faces charges of murder in the death of Mirshahi, alongside counts of kidnapping and forcible confinement involving three other victims.
Authorities confirmed that the operation involved a coordinated international effort between Mexican law enforcement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Interpol.
Mirshahi was 25 years old when he was abducted on June 21, 2024, from a condominium building located in Old Montreal. Investigators concluded that the victim was killed on the same day he was taken. Search teams located his remains four months later inside the Île-de-la-Visitation nature park in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
Before his death, Mirshahi faced scrutiny from provincial financial regulators. The Autorité des marchés financiers launched an investigation into his financial activities, seeking a court order in 2021 against Mirshahi, two associates, and a corporate entity.
That regulatory action prohibited the group from engaging in any transactions or activities governed by the provincial Securities Act. An administrative tribunal subsequently imposed formal bans preventing them from acting as investment dealers or advisers, which included promoting specific cryptocurrencies across social media channels.
Records show that Mirshahi owned and operated a private, paid messaging channel on Telegram named Crypto Paradise Island.
The Sûreté du Québec previously arrested three other individuals in connection with the kidnapping and homicide. Police have not yet released a timeline for the final extradition of Nobert from Mexico to face the Quebec court system.
Search teams discovered the remains of the 25-year-old cryptocurrency influencer four months after his abduction, inside the Île-de-la-Visitation nature park in Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
The Autorité des marchés financiers secured a 2021 tribunal ruling that banned Mirshahi from acting as an investment adviser or dealer, and prohibited him from promoting specific digital assets on social media.