His request is strong and has enough to challenge. The entrepreneur in cryptocurrencies Éric Larchvêqueco -founder of the company Ledgerincluding partner David Balland was removed in Januarycampaigned this Friday on RTL so that professionals in the sector can wear Category B weaponsthat is to say firearms, faced with the threats they face.
This proposal comes a few hours after the meeting of the main players in the cryptocurrency field at the Ministry of the Interior, following of which protective measures have been announced. “These are necessarily individual measures,” replies about category B weapons, without further details, the Ministry of the Interior in the Parisian.
“I have, on a personal basis, to ask for a right to defense. I believe that it is possible and that we should have the right to have category D weapons like a sparkling. I campaign for the right to protect themselves and the port of weapons of category B, that is to say real weapons, “said Éric Larchevêque, following the meeting to which he was present. Shortly after the abduction attempt of the daughter of another boss of the sector This Tuesday, he denounced “Mexicanization of France”.
Private protection, cameras, weapons …
Éric Larchevêque also explained that he personally uses a close protection company “to protect his family”. “It is very expensive, between 50,000 and 100,000 euros per month. These are very important amounts, but essential to have the right to live peacefully ”. “I have security cameras, weapons at home. I train, ”he added. “I always said to myself that it was a risk, but I always expected what I am taken away, not my loved ones or my partner. »»
According to his own countdown made with professionals in the sector, there would have been fourteen “physical attacks around cryptoactives” having targeted the cryptocurrency sector over the last twelve months in France. The Ministry of the Interior, for its part, identified five “attempts to take off or remove over the past year”, according to data communicated to the Parisian.
In the world, it would be 50 facts of this type over a year, according to Éric Larchevêque. Why this disparity? “It would seem that in France there is this feeling of impunity which makes that the gangs of criminals attack without any vergogy,” he replied.
More generally, this professional – known in particular for his participation in the program “who wants to be my partner” on M 6 – explained that he “felt a real mobilization” of the state services, be it the Minister of the Interior or “the gendarmerie forces which were there”. Among the measures announced by the government are in particular priority access to 17 or a briefing by GIGN and the raid.
