In brief
- A cryptocurrency executive and his family were beaten and bound during a Friday home invasion in Verneuil-sur-Seine.
- It’s the latest such “$5 wrench attack” targeting wealthy crypto holders in the country.
- The attack came just a day after another crypto investor was kidnapped from his home near Cholet, assaulted, and dumped 50 kilometers away.
Armed assailants stormed a family home in Verneuil-sur-Seine on Friday evening, launching a brutal attack on a crypto investment executive and his family in what has become the latest “wrench attack” to rock France’s crypto community.
Three gunmen forced their way into the residence around nighttime, beating both parents before restraining the couple and their two children with cable…
Jan 13 2026
