Kidnapped father of French crypto-millionaire rescued
French police have rescued the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire who had been kidnapped and held for ransom in a Paris suburb.
The unnamed man was attacked in broad daylight in central Paris on Thursday. He was bundled into a delivery van by four men wearing balaclavas, police sources told Le Figaro newspaper.
French media say the victim had one finger missing when he was rescued from a house in Palaiseau, south of Paris, on Saturday.
Four suspects were arrested. It is the third abduction connected to France’s cryptocurrency industry so far this year.
The victim in the latest case is reported to be in his 50s. Le Parisien newspaper said his kidnappers demanded his wealthy son pay a 5-7m euro ransom (£4.2-5.9m).
Police were reportedly…
