The French police released the crypto millionaire's kidnapped father. According to the French police, the French police took a weekend raid, releasing an still identified man who was abducted in Paris to force his son to pay ransom.
According to prosecutors, the police successfully passed through raidarresting five people in the process.
In the statement, prosecutors mentioned that the abducted man was pursued at Essonne's suburbs in Paris, which was attacked by police on Saturday. The man was kidnapped on the morning of May 1, four men in the 14th culet of Paris, wore skiing masks who had set him in the car on that date.
The rescue of the French police was abducted by the victim
According to the prosecutors, the victim was the father of the millionaire who made his fortune in a cryptos. “The victim seems to be the father of a man who had a fortune of cryptocurrency, a crime that involves ransom demand,” the prosecutor said.
According to the Le Parisien newspaper, the robbers had demanded ransom demand, mentioning the amount of five to seven million euros ($ 5.7 million to $ 7.9 million).
A close source of the investigation told AFP that the kidnappings had already cut off one father's finger, with dangers to defeat others. “There were fears of other distortions if the police had not attacked the property,” the source said.
The prosecutors also noted that the number of arrest was raised from the initial four, highlighting the fifth suspect. They mentioned that the fifth suspect drove the vehicle that the criminals probably used for their operation, claiming that they were all in their 20s.
French Interior Minister Bruno Rataileau welcomed the police approach to the case. “Great congratulations to investigators who did an extraordinary job on the release of this man and arrested the imprisonment,” saidTo.
He also specifically thanked the police Prefect Laurent Nunez and his employees for their rapid operations. The victim's wife said at the interrogation of the authorities that her husband and son, who owns a marketing company managing a digital property in Maltal, was previously endangered.
Police decided to investigate crypto millionaire abductions
The French police have opened an investigation into a kidnapping, accusing criminals of robbery, false imprisonment, and hostage for arbitrary detention for compliance with the order or condition, armed extortion.
The crime was carried out by organized criminal gangs, all accused of participating in a criminal conspiracy. The investigation was conducted by Cyberry Brigade (BL2C) in cooperation with BrI.
In the meantime, the police have promised to investigate the increase in the ransom abduction in France with digital assets. In the last attempt, criminals were kidnapped by a co -founder of Ledger, who specialized in digital assets using his wallet. Co -founder David Balland and his partner were abducted in their home in Bourges, France. The criminals also interrupted their finger as a sign of warning.
The police were informed after the Balland business partner received a video of a video of about € 10 million in cryptocurrency. Finally, Balland was released on the road, where the police found that his wife had linked the car in the car park in the Essonne area the next day. The police filed nine suspected accusations for the crime, with the leader of the 26-year-old man who had a police record for kidnapping.
Another incident in December 2024 saw that the abductors took the father of the French crypto influence in Dubai. The attackers attacked his home and forced him to the car after his wife and daughter were tied. The son received the ransom demands and contacted the police. Police released his mother and nurse immediately, while his father was found the next day in the Normandy parking lot.
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