Aussie Fugitive Demands $3.5 Million in Bitcoin for Media Interview after Bali Prison Escape

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Australian prison-breaker Shaun Davidson, on the run from authorities after breaking out of a Bali prison, is demanding to be paid $3.5 million in bitcoin for a media phone interview.

Bali escapee Shaun Davidson has demanded millions of dollars for an exclusive interview as he continues to mock authorities on social media.

Davidson has been on the run since June 19 when he escaped the overcrowded Kerobokan prison by tunnelling 15 metres under the building with three other foreign prisoners.

He had only 10 weeks left of a 12-month sentence - charged with using another person's passport - when he fled the prison, claiming he did it because had no faith in the Australian justice system to deal with him fairly.

There is a warrant out for Davidson’s arrest in Western Australia.

Since his escape, the 33-year-old Perth man has been taunting Balinese and Australian authorities with posts to his public Facebook page.

Australian laws dictate that convicted criminals cannot be allowed to make profits from speaking to the media about details related to the crime. To get around this particular hurdle, Davidson is connecting media with his sister, or atleast someone purporting to be her.

Reaching out via Wickr, a Snapchat-like messaging app with an auto-delete feature, Davidson’s sister wrote:

Exclusive interview no restrictions $3500000 paid in bitcoin…if not accepted in time and payment made soon after the deals off the table [sic] every week that goes by the price increases.

Davidson purportedly ‘checked in’ at the McDonalds outlet in Singapore’s Changi airport yesterday, days after checking in Atapupu in Indonesia and Oistins, a coastal village in Barbados.