A co-founder of French crypto company Ledger and his partner have been freed after being kidnapped and held to ransom, the Paris prosecutors' office said on Thursday. David Balland was kidnapped early Tuesday morning at his home in central France and taken by car to another address where he was held captive, prosecutors said in an initial statement.

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French crypto company co-founder freed after kidnapping

Ledger founder David Balland and his wife were freed after a 48-hour police search across France.

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Millionaire crypto boss rescued from kidnappers – but not in time to save his finger

PARIS - A co-founder of French crypto company Ledger and his partner have been freed after being kidnapped and held to ransom, the Paris prosecutors' office said on Thursday.

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Co-founder of French crypto firm freed after kidnapping

PORTRAIT - Aged 36, David Balland is one of the co-founders of the French start-up Ledger. He was released Wednesday evening by the GIGN from the hands of his kidnappers in Châteauroux.

PORTRAIT - Âgé de 36 ans, David Balland est l’un des cofondateurs de la start-up francaise Ledger. Il a été libéré mercredi soir par le GIGN des mains de ses ravisseurs à Châteauroux.

Qui est David Balland, le cofondateur kidnappé de la pépite française des cryptomonnaies Ledger ?

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Who is David Balland, the kidnapped co-founder of the French cryptocurrency nugget Ledger?

David Balland and his wife, Amandine, were abducted from their home in Vierzon. They both survived the ordeal, but Balland is missing part of his finger.

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Millionaire Crypto Boss And Wife Rescued From Kidnappers In France

Ten suspects are in custody this Thursday evening after the kidnappings that targeted the boss of the cryptocurrency company Ledger and his partner in Cher. While a ransom of 10 million euros was demanded, the two hostages were found alive but one seriously mute...

Dix suspects sont en garde à vue ce jeudi soir après les enlèvements ayant ciblé le patron de l’entreprise de cryptomonnaies Ledger et sa compagne dans le Cher. Alors qu’une rançon de 10 millions d’euros a été exigée, les deux otages ont été retrouvés en vie mais l’un gravement mut...

Rançon en crypto, doigt coupé, suspects arrêtés… Les coulisses d’une opération à haut risque après l’enlèvement de David Balland

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Ransom in crypto, finger cut, suspects arrested... Behind the scenes of a high-risk operation after the kidnapping of David Balland

David Balland, one of the founders of the French crypto company Ledger, has been freed after a kidnapping by a heavily armed police unit. His wife was released a day later, the prosecutor in Paris announced on Thursday evening. To enforce their ransom demands, the kidnappers sent a video to a Ledger co-founder showing Balland's finger being cut off.

David Balland, een van de oprichters van het Franse cryptobedrijf Ledger, is na een ontvoering door een zwaarbewapende politie-eenheid bevrijd. Zijn echtgenote is een dag later vrijgekomen, maakte de procureur in Parijs donderdagavond bekend. Om hun eisen tot het betalen van losgeld kracht bij te stellen, verstuurden de ontvoerders een video naar een Ledger-medeoprichter waarin te zien is hoe een vinger van Balland werd afgehakt.

Ontvoerders hakken vinger af van medeoprichter Frans cryptobedrijf

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Kidnappers cut a finger off French crypto company co-founder

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The Paris prosecutor's office on Thursday said David Balland, co-founder of French crypto company Ledger, was freed after he was kidnapped from his home in Méreau in central France. The GIGN, an elite unit from the French gendarmerie, were among the law enforcement teams that worked on the case.

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After a manhunt involving over 230 gendarmes and over 90 members of the elite tactical unit GIGN, David Balland was liberated. Read the backgrounds on Telegraaf.nl.

Na een klopjacht, waarbij meer dan 230 gendarmes en meer dan 90 leden van de tactische elite-eenheid GIGN betrokken waren, werd David Balland bevrijd. Lees de achtergronden op Telegraaf.nl.

Medeoprichter van Frans cryptobedrijf David Balland ontvoerd voor losgeld: om eis kracht bij te zetten werd vinger van gegijzelde afgehakt en opgestuurd

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Co-founder of French crypto company David Balland kidnapped for ransom: a hostage's finger was cut off and sent to support his claim

By Marine Strauss (Reuters) – David Balland, a co-founder of French crypto firm Ledger, had his hand mutilated while he and his wife were kidnapped, the Paris prosecutor said, adding that 10 people were being questioned following the freeing of the pair. Balland and his wife were kidnapped early on Tuesday morning from their home in central France, and were taken by car to two separate addresses where they were held captive, Paris Prosecutor Lau…

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