Victim’s empty wallet ends latest French crypto kidnapping
The ongoing wave of crypto kidnapping-for-ransom in France has recently claimed another victim. But this time, the attackers walked away empty-handed.
A 26-year-old TikTok influencer was the latest target in the troubling trend of crypto-linked kidnappings in France. According to local outlet Europe 1, the victim was abducted late Friday night while returning home in Juvisy-sur-Orge, a residential commune in the southern suburbs of Paris. He was forced into a stolen vehicle by four men, and then reportedly beaten and tortured.
The attackers demanded the influencer to provide €50,000 in cryptocurrency to secure his release, banking on his social media presence and 40,000 followers as proof of wealth.
