Monday, May 05, 2025

Cryptocurrency CEOs Being Kidnapped in France

French police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by attackers who demanded his crypto-millionaire son pay a ransom. This was the latest of several kidnappings of cryptocurrency figures in France and western Europe. Police rescued the victim from a house south of Paris on Saturday night. Other abductions of cryptocurrency figures or their partners were reported in Spain and Belgium in the past five months. David Balland, the co-founder of the crypto firm Ledger, which is valued at more than $1bn, was abducted with his partner on 21 Jan. He also had a finger cut off.

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Perhaps Whiskey Pete was similarly abducted and released, explaining his missing fingers: pbs.twimg.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-05 03:49 AM

Make money using the mob's payment network, expect the mob to notice.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-05 03:53 AM

Hi Snoofy. Decades ago, when Gambino crime family godfather John Gotti heard that a small-time Greek mobster was making money from gambling dens in Astoria without paying a tribute, the secret FBI wiretap caught Gotti saying "I'll saw his f----- head off!!!"

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-05 04:01 AM

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2025-05-05 01:31 PM

#4: Good one. France has their share of Luigi Mangiones or angry mosbsters. Oh well, is right. cdn2.iconfinder.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-05 01:40 PM

Oh gosh. How terrible. What will we ever do?

(Eat the rich.)

#6 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-05-05 02:06 PM

#6: These Gaullist Luigi Mangiones started their meal with the oligarch's fingers: i.etsystatic.com

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-05 02:11 PM

"Oh, I'll fry a few and pickle a few and serve a few real cold, Then I'll toast a few and roast a few and use the rest for gold."

#8 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-05 06:42 PM

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