{"id":297995,"date":"2025-05-05T10:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/french-police-rescue-kidnapped-father-of-crypto-entrepreneur\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:48:28","slug":"french-police-rescue-kidnapped-father-of-crypto-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/french-police-rescue-kidnapped-father-of-crypto-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"French Police Rescue Kidnapped Father of Crypto Entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/images\/icons\/defaultPromoCrop.png?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"French Police Rescue Kidnapped Father of Crypto Entrepreneur\" title=\"French Police Rescue Kidnapped Father of Crypto Entrepreneur\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">French prosecutors said on Monday that the police had arrested seven people over the weekend in connection with the kidnapping of the father of a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, adding that the captive had been freed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement, the Paris prosecutor\u2019s office said it had been informed on Thursday that a man had been kidnapped in Paris and held with \u201ca ransom demand.\u201d The office did not name the kidnapped man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The captive, who had been held in a home in Essonne, an area to the south of Paris, was freed by the police on Saturday evening, the statement said. It added, without providing further details, that the man was injured and had been taken for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The prosecutor\u2019s office did not immediately respond to questions about the nature of the captive\u2019s injuries or about the amount of the demand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The police arrested four people \u201cin or near the home where the victim was being held captive\u201d during the operation on Saturday and a fifth person who was \u201cdriving one of the vehicles likely used by the perpetrators,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office said. Two more people were arrested on Sunday, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrunoRetailleau\/status\/1918783332415910297\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a social media post<\/a>, Bruno Retailleau, the French interior minister, wrote, \u201cA huge congratulations to the investigators who did an exceptional job freeing this man and arresting his captors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The case was the latest high-profile kidnapping in France connected to cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In January, the police <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/23\/world\/europe\/france-crypto-kidnapping.html\" title=\"\">freed David Balland<\/a>, a crypto entrepreneur, and his wife, who had been kidnapped and held for ransom for two days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Balland is a founder of Ledger, which sells physical devices to store crypto assets. He was hospitalized because the kidnappers had mutilated his hand, Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor, said at the time. His wife had been tied up in a car but was otherwise unhurt, Ms. Beccuau added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A few weeks earlier, a man and his family had been held hostage in France by a group that wanted to blackmail his son, a crypto influencer living in Dubai, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/rmc.bfmtv.com\/actualites\/police-justice\/faits-divers\/crypto-le-pere-d-un-influenceur-retrouve-ligote-dans-le-coffre-d-une-voiture-pres-du-mans_AV-202501030201.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French news media reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prosecutors did not immediately respond to questions on Monday asking if there were connections between the kidnapping last week and other abductions linked to cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/05\/world\/europe\/france-crypto-kidnap-father-rescue.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French prosecutors said on Monday that the police had arrested seven people over the weekend in connection with the kidnapping of the father of a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, adding that the captive had been freed. 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