š„· In Paris, three masked men attacked a woman, the daughter of the CEO of an unnamed cryptocurrency trading platform. š„·š„· The attackers attempted to force the woman and her child into a cargo van with the Chronopost logo.
šļø In January, Paris law enforcement announced the release of David Balland, co-founder of hardware crypto wallet company Ledger. The businessman was kidnapped from his home, and the criminals demanded a large ransom in cryptocurrency for his release.
š¤¼ The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 13, in the morning on Rue Pache in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. The child's father, who was nearby, intervened and, despite being seriously beaten, was able to prevent the kidnapping.
š The Paris prosecutor's office has instructed the Brigade de RĆ©pression du Banditisme to launch an investigation and determine whether the crime was motivated by financial crime, given the family's ties to the cryptocurrency industry.
āEarlier, Euroweeklynews noted that kidnappings of crypto moguls and their family members for ransom have become more frequent in France. The day before, French police released a 60-year-old man whose finger was cut off by criminals who demanded a ransom of several million dollars from his son, who owns cryptocurrency.
āThe activity of kidnappings has increased significantly since the appearance of KYC document sets, data of users of large crypto exchanges, on sale.
āIs it possible to somehow protect your KYC data or will it still appear on the Internet, because there is a good demand for it?