Crypto Kidnapping Case Widens As French Police Make New Arrests
Based on reports, French police have stepped up their efforts after a crypto entrepreneur’s father was brutally kidnapped and had a finger severed to force a ransom. It’s a crime that has rattled the industry and raises tough questions about personal safety. Related Reading: Russia Gets Tough On Crypto Miners—Illegal Operations Face Asset Seizures Growing […]
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Six men are accused of kidnapping three family members and their nanny from a Chicago townhouse in October 2024 in exchange for a crypto-ransom. Before being freed next to a dry cleaners, the victims were allegedly kept for five days and forced into handing over almost $15 million in Bitcoin (BTC) holdings. Crypto Kidnapping Case […]
MUMBAI: Indian authorities arrested a criminal police constable and his seven associates on Wednesday, February 02, 2022. The authorities charged them for kidnapping a local crypto trader to get a bitcoin ransom worth $40 million. Dilip Tukaram Khandare came to know about a person residing at Pune, the east commercial capital of Mumbai, possessing a […]
The French Police have taken apart an illegal Bitcoin exchange assumed to be bestxchanger.com, which is currently “under maintenance.” Authorities confiscated 388 bitcoins worth nearly US$272,800. Two individuals were placed under investigation as they were suspected of operating a website that sold Bitcoins illegally to the users. A special branch of the French Armed Forces, the National Gendarmerie of France, announced in a recent press release that they made three arrests during various raids in Toulouse, Cannes, Nice, and Brussels. Those arrested are suspected of owning an illegal....
A second man believed to be connected to a disturbing crypto-related kidnapping in New York is expected to turn himself in to police soon. He’s reportedly a Swiss crypto investor tied to Joel Woeltz, the man already in custody for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 28-year-old Italian man inside a luxury apartment in Soho. Related […]