INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
France has reportedly seen another incident targeting cryptocurrency users, this time involving the kidnapping of a 23-year-old man in a
According to a Thursday report from French news outlet Le Parisien, the victim was abducted in Maisons-Alfort and held captive for several
hours while the perpetrators demanded his partner to turn over 5,000 euros ($5,764) in cash, along with the key to a Ledger hardware wallet
containing an unreported amount of crypto
The report suggested that the criminals used violence to extract information regarding his digital assets.The unnamed man was reportedly
As of Thursday, authorities had not reported that any arrests had been made in the case.The alleged kidnapping and ransom incident was the
latest in a series of crimes involving individuals targeting people for their crypto holdings, with some cases reportedly involving torture
for access to seed phrases or keys
In one high-profile case in May, three men tried to kidnap the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, the co-founder and CEO of crypto
In New York, two individuals were indicted for kidnapping and false imprisonment of a tourist to allegedly gain access to his crypto wallet
News outlets in India, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Spain have released similar stories involving the kidnapping and ransom of crypto
reported 232 physical attacks on crypto holders in the last 11 years
