Paris: The French police arrested several people on Wednesday, on suspicion of being involved in the kidnapping of the father of a rich cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a source close to the case said on Wednesday.
French officials are working with efforts to kidnap and expand the families of high-value individuals working in Cryptocurrency.
According to the source on Tuesday, the most recent suspects are believed to have been part of the attempt to abduct their father and withdraw money from a rich man.
On 1 May, he was taken by four men wearing a ski mask in a broad daylight in the southern 14th erandicment in Paris, who bundled him in a delivery van, as the passers -by.
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of several million euros (dollars) and cut one of the fingers of a man.
He was freed after days by a police strategic unit, which exploded at home in a Paris suburb, where he was being held.
There was no word on Wednesday at the exact number or arrest places. The suspects can be held for 96 hours without any charge.
Since the beginning of the year, the kidnapping and kidnapping attempt related to Crypto expressed concern about the safety of rich crypto tycoon, who have noted immense fate from the rapidly growing alternative currency business.
A major cryptocurrency entrepreneur urged officials to “stop the Mexicanalization of France” – the reference to the kidnapping by violent organized crime groups.
The kidnapping spate began in January, when the kidnappers seized the French Crypto Boss David Bland and his partner. Balland co-install the Crypto firm Laser, at that time the value of more than $ 1 billion.
The kidnappers of the boundary cut her finger and demanded heavy ransom. He was freed the next day, and his girlfriend was tied to a car boot outside Paris.
Suspected masterminds of that operation and other similar attacks, 24 -year -old Badis Mohammad Amid Bajau, were arrested last week in a tangier in Morocco.
At least nine suspects are under investigation in that case.
Last month, Internal Minister Bruno Retillu held an emergency meeting with Cryptocurrency leaders, in which the Ministry announced a plan to increase its security.
