French Authorities Detain Seven over Cryptocurrency-Linked ...
Seven suspects detained by French gendarmes after a 58-hour hostage situation involving a Swiss crypto entrepreneur; ransom demands targeted wealthy individuals in the cryptocurrency sector.
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The young man was released on Sunday, 31 August, thanks to an intervention by the security forces, and the suspects were charged and brought before the courts on Thursday, 4 September.

France detains seven over new cryptocurrency kidnapping
French authorities have detained seven people in an investigation into the kidnapping of a young Swiss citizen believed to be the latest abduction targeting the hugely lucrative cryptocurrency world, a source close to the case said on Thursday.
A young Swiss man had been found tied up in a house near the TGV station in Valencia, according to "Le Dauphiné libéré". His release mobilized 150 gendarmes.

Drôme. Abduction Related to Cryptocurrency: a Swiss Released by the Gendarmes, Seven Police Officers
The young man of twenty years old had been detained for several days in the center of Valencia (Drôme), reveals Le Dauphiné Libéré.
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