🚨🇫🇷FRENCH POLICE RESCUE FATHER OF #CRYPTO MILLIONAIRE FRO

🚨🇫🇷FRENCH POLICE RESCUE FATHER OF #CRYPTO MILLIONAIRE FROM VIOLENT #KIDNAPPING 
🔹Victim abducted in Paris on May 1; ransom #demand : €5–7 million.
🔹Kidnappers severed a finger, echoing crypto-related extortion trends.
🔹Victim is father of a crypto marketing firm owner based in Malta.
🔹5 suspects, all in their 20s, arrested; no ransom was paid.
🔹Similar crypto-related kidnappings rising globally.
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🚨🇫🇷Crypto Ransom #Kidnapping in Paris (2025-05-04)

🔹#Victim : Father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur.

🔹Abduction: Taken by four masked men in broad daylight in Paris' 14th arrondissement on Thursday morning.

🔹Ransom #Demand : Reportedly between €5M–€7M in crypto transfers. No payment was made.

🔹#Rescue : Freed on Saturday night during a BRI (Research and Intervention Brigade) raid in Essonne, France.

🔹Injuries: Victim had a finger severed; further mutilation was feared.

🔹#Arrests : Five suspects detained, aged between 18 and 27.

🔹Past Threats: The victim and his son (running a Malta-based crypto marketing company) had previously received threats.

🔹Investigating Units: BRB (Banditry Repression Brigade), judicial police, cybercrime unit (BL2C), and BRI.

🔹This follows a similar crypto-related kidnapping in January involving Ledger’s co-founder, also involving mutilation and ransom videos.
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