The French authorities associated with most suspects of crypto kidnapping in Paris, the family of the CEO of a Crypto Exchange, the office of the Public Prosecutor of Paris, for their roles in a part of the crypto kidnapping in Paris, 25 people, including six minors, have accused 25 people, including the office of the Public Prosecutor of Paris. Le Monde reported Saturday.
The report stated that the investigation took place on 13 May, focusing on the attempt to kidnap the CEO of CEO, CEO of Crypto Exchange Pemum.
The investigation also saw other unsuccessful kidnapping efforts, including earlier efforts on Noizat’s family members, as well as a kidnapping at an attempt near the western city of Nentas last Monday, in which the authorities thwarted.
The arrest follows a part of the high-profile crypto kidnapping which has plagued France this year.
In May, the father of a French Crypto millionaire was kidnapped, BBC reportedAt the beginning of the year, the co-founder of David Ballad, Crypto-Wallet Developer Laser was abducted along with his wife. In both men, a finger was separated, with videos of appendages used to extract the ransom.
After the recent kidnapping, the French Interior Bruno Retillau minister hosted a meeting with the Crypto stakeholders in May to discuss measures to protect them.
The suspects involved in the case of May 13 were between 16 and 23 years of age; Six of them were minors, Le Monde report said. They were mostly born in France, while three persons were from Senegal, Angola and Russia, the report cited prosecutors.
In this case, “very young profiles, greed with money and then caught in a situation that is beyond them,” the lawyer Embrois Vienne-Leguy saw, who is defending an 18-year-old suspect in the Nantees part of the case, reported in the report.
A source familiar with the investigation told Coindesk that the suspects are considered to be locally working muscles, which are paid by a criminal campaign in Southeast Asia to reduce the kidnapping as $ 10,000.
The Public Prosecutor said that eighteen people are in pre-test, the three have requested an deferred hearing while four are under judicial supervision.
Although France has been a subscription to crypto kidnapping, similar crimes are increasing worldwide, including many recent cases in the US.
Coindesk arrived at Paris’s prosecution office for a comment.
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