US EditionFrance Charges 88 over Crypto Kidnappings, Including 10 Minors
- On Friday, French prosecutors charged 88 people, including more than 10 minors, over a series of kidnappings linked to cryptocurrency extortion.
- Chief organised crime prosecutor Vanessa Perree said more than 135 cases have been recorded since 2023, revealing "structured networks" orchestrating the ransom demands.
- Victims are kidnapped and held for days under threat of violence, with captors in separate incidents cutting off fingers of Two men to demand ransoms.
- Six people, including a minor, were arrested in February this year for kidnapping a magistrate and her mother in another cryptocurrency ransom plot.
- Authorities are dealing with a "significant volume of suspects" and have "identified people involved repeatedly in multiple cases," indicating ongoing organized criminal networks.
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The French prosecutor's office reported this Friday that it had accused 88 people for a series of kidnappings related to cryptocurrencies, including more than 10 minors.
In France, 88 persons, including more than 10 minors, were charged in 12 cryptocurrency abduction cases, according to Pnaco. 75 suspects are in pre-trial detention.
On Friday, 24 April, the national anti-criminality prosecutor's office organised reported that 88 people, including more than 10 minors, had just been charged in France for kidnappings related to cryptocurrency. Among them, three young men were arrested by the research section of Chambéry. They had just been arrested for acts dating back to November 2025 in Savoy.
France charges 88 over crypto kidnappings, including 10 minors
French prosecutors said Friday they had charged 88 people over a spate of kidnappings related to cryptocurrency, including more than 10 minors.The charges related to 12 cases of kidnapping for crypto extortion, chief organised crime prosecutor Vanessa Perree said in a statement, without giving a time period.French authorities have been dealing with a string of...
Twelve cases are under judicial investigation, according to the National Anti-Criminal Prosecutor ' s Office on Friday, 75 of which have been placed in pre-trial detention.
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