The father of the crypto entrepreneur saved after kidnapping and finger loss

The father of the crypto entrepreneur saved after kidnapping and finger loss

In the night of Saturday, the father of a Kryptoße - entrepreneurs from the French police from the hands of his kidnappers. During the liberation, it turned out that a finger had been separated. This is the latest episode in a number of kidnappings related to cryptocurrencies.

Details of the kidnapping

The victim, whose identity has not yet been published publicly, was forced to van on Thursday morning on a street in Paris by four masked men. He was held in an Airbnb accommodation about 20 kilometers south of the French capital for two days before the police intervened.

Experiments of blackmail the kidnappers

The kidnappers contacted the victim's son and sent a video of the mutilated man in which they asked for millions of euros, reported the CNN partner BfM TV.

arrests and investigations

After the police attack, five people between the ages of 23 and 27 were arrested, according to the Paris public prosecutor. This kidnapping has striking parallels to other recent kidnaps in connection with cryptocurrencies in France and the surrounding countries.

comparable incidents

In January 2025, David Balland, co-founder of the crypto wallet company Ledger, was kidnapped with his wife from her home in central France. Before the couple could be released from the police, the perpetrators separated Balland's finger and sent a video of the mutilated body to his business partner Eric Larchevêque in which they demanded ransom.

In December 2024, the wife of the crypto investor and influencers Stéphane Winkel was kidnapped from the common home in Belgium. She could be saved after her kidnapper had a car accident in a dramatic chase with the police, as Winkel announced in a post on X.

connection between the kidnaps

It is unclear whether the recent cases of crypto slides are connected.

"Obviously there is at least one connection in the procedure. Whether it is the same team or not is reserved for the investigators," said security expert Guillaume Farde in a speech on French television on Sunday.

Current investigations

The police have initiated an investigation into the latest kidnapping, including the extortion of an organized gang and criminal conspiracy, the Parisian public prosecutor said.