Crypto Terror: French Police Bust Gang Behind Magistrate’s 30-Hour Ordeal | Streamline Feed
A 30-hour nightmare has ended in a dramatic police raid in southeastern France, exposing the dark, violent underbelly of the digital currency boom. French authorities have arrested five suspects accused of kidnapping a magistrate and her elderly mother, holding them hostage in a garage as bargaining chips in a ruthless cryptocurrency ransom plot.
The kidnapping, which unfolded with the precision of a Hollywood thriller, targeted the family of a crypto-startup executive. The 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother were snatched from their home overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, leaving behind no trace but a chilling digital demand. The captors, threatening mutilation, demanded an undisclosed sum in cryptocurrency,…
