French Police Rescue Crypto Entrepreneur’s Father in Nighttime Raid
French authorities conducted a high-stakes nighttime operation to free the kidnapped father of a cryptocurrency entrepreneur. The victim had been held hostage for two days in an Airbnb rental, with captors demanding ransom in a case mirroring recent crypto-related abductions.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau praised police for their "exceptional work" in securing the man’s release and apprehending four masked suspects. The incident underscores growing security concerns surrounding high-net-worth individuals in the digital asset space.