The man was on Thursday. Since then, he has been kidnapped by kidnappers who have requested a ransom in exchange for his release. According to concordant sources, the 50 -year -old was released on Saturday evening in Palaiseau (Essonne) by the police and found with a cut finger. Two suspects were arrested and placed in police custody.
The criminals would have claimed between 5 to 7 million euros in the form of a transfer in exchange for the liberation of the victim, father of a French entrepreneur in the field of cryptocurrencies, manager of a company based in Malta and in France. At the end of telephone investigations, he was finally released during an operation coordinated by the BRI of the Parisian judicial police with the BRB and the criminal brigade.
According to our information, the accommodation where the victim was was caulked, probably in order to make hostage staging videos.
In January, David Balland, associate and co -founder of Ledger, a prosperous company specializing in cryptocurrency, as well as his partner, had been abducted at home, in a large stone building located near Vierzon (Cher).
They had been released after 48 hours of anxiety thanks to two GIGN operations. David Balland had been found with hand mutilation in an isolated house and under rental contract. Again, the amount required was phenomenal: around 10 million euros in the form of bitcoins to be transmitted on a digital portfolio.
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