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Posted on May 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Twenty-five people face charges in France for attempting to kidnap a crypto heiress, marking the third such attack on crypto figures recently.
PARIS (Reuters) -Twenty-five people will be brought before an investigating judge on Friday for attempting to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy crypto businessman and for criminal conspiracy, the Paris court said.
Videos of the brazen kidnapping attempt, which took place in broad daylight on a Parisian street, were filmed and disseminated on social media, and showed three masked men wrestling with two people while their getaway van idled nearby.
It was the third violent attack targeting crypto players and their families in recent months.
(Reporting by Makini Brice and Elizabeth Howcroft;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
The kidnapping attempt targeted the daughter of a wealthy crypto businessman, indicating a motive related to financial gain.
Twenty-five individuals will be brought before an investigating judge for their involvement in the kidnapping attempt and criminal conspiracy.
The kidnapping attempt occurred in broad daylight on a Parisian street and was captured on video, which was later shared on social media.
No, this was the third violent attack targeting crypto players and their families in recent months.
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