The father of an unnamed crypt entrepreneur was released by the police in Paris in France during the raid of law enforcement agencies in which the man was imprisoned for the ransom for several days.
According to reporting From Le Monde, the raid of May 3 caused five arrests. Local Sales Point of Le Parisien he said The kidnapping demanded from EUR 5 to 7 million, i.e. up to 7.9 million dollars to free captivity.
Although the details of the identity of the victims remain modest, probably for security reasons, the cryptographic entrepreneur and his father coincided with a cryptographic marketing company based in Malta, French media reports.
This incident contains similarities to kidnapping the co -founder of Ledger David Balland in France in January 2025. Balland also took place for the occupation of cryptocurrencies until it was released by law enforcement officers during the rescue operation.
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Unfortunately, this latest incident is also in line with a number of similar ransom attempts around the world addressed to cryptocurrency users and their loved ones, trying to force funds from people perceived as a significant amount of wealth.
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Cryptographic tests, unfortunately, become too common
In November 2024, the general director of Wonderfi, Dean Skurka, was kidnapped and forced to pay the cryptocurrency ransom of $ 1 million to the attackers who abducted him with a vehicle in the Toronto center in Canada.
Six people in Chicago, Illinois were accused in February 2025 for kidnapping the family and their nanny in exchange for a cryptographic ransom.
According to the FBI report, the kidnappers forced home in Chicago, pretending to accidentally damage the mechanical garage doors of the family.
In the middle, the suspects forced their family to a van and abducted their family for five days before they forced them to donate $ 15 million cryptocurrencies to secure their release.
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The online streamer Amounth was a victim of home invasion in March 2025, when several armed suspects held her in the crosshairs and demanded the keys to her cryptocurrency.
Four suspects were accused in connection with the incident and arrested by law enforcement officers in the American state of Texas.
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