Crypto entrepreneurs targeted by kidnappers | Information Age
There have been a series of kidnappings in western Europe targeting cryptocurrency tycoons with huge ransom demands and sometimes gruesome results.
At least four kidnappings of wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and their families have occurred in the last six months across France, Spain and Belgium, with attempts made to extort these individuals for tens of millions of dollars.
A 60-year-old man who owns a cryptocurrency marketing firm with his son was kidnapped on a Paris street earlier this month by masked attackers who forced him into a van, as reported by The Guardian.
The man was held captive for several days, with the kidnappers cutting off his finger and demanding a ransom of between $9 million and $12 million from his…
