Nancy Guthrie Case, Harvey Levin Shares FBI ‘Ghosted’ Him, After He Offered Bitcoin To Ransom Sender

The sudden and unexpected kidnapping case of Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy has taken a mysterious turn. A few days ago, the officials received a ransom note, in which a person claimed to know some information related to Nancy’s whereabouts. However, the person demanded bitcoins. Well, now, the founder of TMZ named Harvey Levin offered his help by giving bitcoins. Continue reading to know how the investigators have reacted to it!

Nancy Guthrie’s ransom note

For those who do not know, Today host, Savannah’s mother, Nancy Guthrie has been missing for nearly five months now. She was last seen on January 31, 2026. Since her kidnapping, media outlet, TMZ has been receiving a series of emails from an anonymous person, who claimed to know details about Nancy. However, the sender demanded one Bitcoin (approximately USD 60,000) in exchange for the information.

It is worth mentioning that the identity of the sender has not been revealed but all the emails were sent from the same IP address. Recently, it was revealed that, “In return for the bitcoin, he will lead them to the phone, give them the password that will then let them look at the video, as well as the addresses of the two people he says are the kidnappers.” 

TMZ founder offers bitcoins for Nancy Guthrie’s ransom

Soon after TMZ started receiving emails related to Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping, the founder of the media outlet, Harvey Levin sat down for an interview with CBS producer named Anna Schecter and revealed that he had offered one Bitcoin to the FBI. Harvey proposed the idea to produce a documentary showing the Bitcoin transfer while law enforcement silently monitored the transfer of money. The payment would happen only if the FBI approved it. Harvey Levin was quoted as saying:

“A month ago, I called the FBI and I said, ‘Look, I just have this sense this guy might be real. We’d obviously not do anything without you, but just because we have this sense it’s real, what if we do this?”

The FBI ghosted Harvey Levin and ignored his proposal

Further, during the chat, Harvey Levin explained that the FBI initially showed a lot of interest. It seemed as if they would approve the documentary idea; however, the investigators soon ghosted the founder of TMZ. Harvey tried calling the investigators six times but they didn’t pick it up. Later, they called back and informed to stop everything and did not approve the documentary idea. In Harvey Levin’s words:

“I felt they were ghosting us. I did get a call back this week and they asked us to stand down, to not do the documentary. I was told that they feel like they’re making progress in terms of identifying this person, and they think they can do that.”

Harvey Levin questions the FBI

Towards the end of the interview, Harvey also questioned the FBI and their plan to find Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy. Harvey explained that he is unable to understand the officials. He explained that the officials showed interest but now they feel the ransom emails are nothing but scam. He felt that if the FBI feels the emails are a scam, why are they wasting time in finding the identity of the sender. Sharing his frustration, TMZ founder said:

“If you’re asking me, how do I make sense of all of it? I’m having trouble. On the one hand, if they think this guy is just a jerk trying to scam money, why are they spending all this time…trying to figure out who this guy is? On the other hand, if he’s legit, why didn’t they pay the one Bitcoin he’s asking, which is around $60,000 to lead them to the kidnappers – and possibly Nancy Guthrie?”

Photo credit: Savannah Guthrie/IG

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