Amid rising crypto-related crime, French police rescue kidnapped father of entrepreneur
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French police rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur during a dramatic nighttime raid, after he was abducted in Paris and held for ransom, the latest in a growing trend of crypto-linked crime in France.
The man was kidnapped on Thursday morning in the capital, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed on Sunday. “The victim turned out to be the father of a man who made his fortune in cryptocurrencies, and the incident was accompanied by a ransom demand,” the office said. Authorities have not released the names of those involved.
Investigators managed to track the hostage to a house in the Essonne region, south of Paris, where elite officers…
