Crypto Fortune Sparks Horror: Father Abducted and Brutalized in Gruesome Ransom Plot

In a harrowing turn of events tied to the volatile world of cryptocurrency, French police rescued a man on Saturday night in Essonne, just south of Paris, after he was reportedly kidnapped in a violent scheme meant to extort his millionaire son. The son, who has amassed significant wealth through cryptocurrency, was allegedly the target of a multi-million-euro ransom demand.

The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the details, revealing that the abduction occurred Thursday morning in the capital's 14th arrondissement. According to an anonymous police source speaking to Agence France-Presse (AFP),