In France, police reported that the father of a wealthy crypto businessman had saved a night attack, after he was being pushed to get a ransom. The alleged kidnappers are said to have been cut off by a man's finger, and the police investigation is considered to be criminal charges, including the kidnapping “with a barbaric torture.”
France: The kidnappo's kidnapping father's father and finger cutting
In France, a case of just happened involving the kidnapping of the father of a wealthy crypto businessman, who will hold the hostage with a ransom demand.
In particular, the 60-year-old man was seized in the vast sunlight at 10:30 on Thursday morning while walking down a street in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Four men with Balaclavas forced him to enter a van delivery.
The French prosecutor said as follows:
“The victim became the father of a man to make a fortune with cryptocurrencies and the incident was accompanied by a ransom request”
French media reported Man has a finger cut and scared thatIf he had not been saved, He may suffer additional mutilations.
Last Saturday night, at a raid at 9:00 pm, the man was released by armed police at a home of 20 km south of Paris, in the Essonne area.
For this casePolice arrested five people: Four were inside or near the house where the man was held prisoner, while the fifth on the wheel of a vehicle believed to have been used for the alleged kidnapping.
Now, the police investigation checks a series of possible criminal charges, Includes that Kidnapping “with torture or barbaric gestures.”
France and Crypto Kidnapping: The Ledger Co-Founder case
It seems that the current case is a confirmation that kidnappers target people in the crypto sector to raise money from them.
Indeed, last January, even David BallandCo-Founder of Crypto Company LedgerAy kidnapped with his partner At their home in Méreau, near Bourges, in Central France.
In practice, the attacks arrived at Balland's house in the early hours of the morning, brought him and his partner and separated them. Balland brought to a house in the city of Châteauroux, where, He even had a finger cut.
Here, the Police contacted Balland's business partner, which has been received The video of the finger and the demand for a large ransom in cryptocurrencies, worth nearly 10 million euros.
Immediately afterwards, Ledger's co-founder is Police released in an aggression. However, the next day, his partner was found tied to a car tree in a parking lot in the Essonne area, south of Paris.
May Nine suspects for this caseAlong with the alleged Ringleader, 26, with a police note for a previous kidnapping.
Crypto Crime 2025: The interview with Bundaono from Chainlysis
While some types of crimes remain the oldest, such as the case of kidnapping and handling the hostage with redemption request, in the crypto sector seems evolutionary.
In TheCryptonomist interview with Nicola Buononno of chainalysis, generally it appears Crypto -focused crimes are becoming more sophisticated and personalized.
Besides hackers who make theft, Bunda explained Cryptos are used in a wide range of forbidden activitiesFrom threats to national security to organized crime, including fraud against consumers.
So far, The main vector of attack remains Compromise of private keys, It is responsible for 43.8% of funds stolen worldwide.
Not only that, Bundanno explained that even Defi represents the highest part of stolen possessionThere is also a Significant growth in attacks that target centralized services. The latest case is that of Bybit.
