Police say the victims have had varying things done to them including having their fingers chopped off. The attacks all appear to be highly sophisticated and target entrepeneurs and their families specifically.
The Lowdown
A scary investigation is underway this week in France according to police. Police are investigating a series of kindappings involving wealthy cryptp investors. In the latest attack police say that a 60-year-old man had his finger chopped off by a group of savvy attackers who demanded high-dollar payments from his crypto-millionaire son.
The man who has not been publicly identified is understood to have been abducted in broad daylight at 1030am on Thursday. He was inside Paris ‘s 13th arrondissement at the time of his abduction according to a readout from police.
Elsewhere in the latest instance, police believe that at least four men clad in ski masks are responsible for the abduction. In his case, he was freed on Saturday night at a house 20km (12 miles) just south of Paris. At least 5 suspects all in their 20s were arrested at this residence.
Le Parisien reports that the attackers had demanded a huge ransom of 5-7m which was not actually paid at in any form. Parisien notes that the five suspects were still being questioned as of Sunday afternoon.
What happened?
The abduction of the man in his 60s is the latest of such kidnappings to hit France and other countries in the region. Previously, David Balland, the co-founder of the crypto firm Ledger (worth more than $1B) was also abducted on 21 January. Both he and his partner were taken from their home in central France at the time but only he had a finger removed.
At least 9 suspects are also under investigation in related to that abduction.
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