
Cryptocurrency boss's daughter escapes kidnap gang in Paris street
created: May 13, 2025, 8:18 p.m. | updated: May 14, 2025, 11:57 p.m.
Cryptocurrency boss's daughter escapes kidnap gang in Paris streetThree men in hooded tops were filmed taking part in the kidnap attempt in ParisA Paris police brigade that tackles armed robbery is expected to investigate the attack, which is the latest in a series of abductions targeting French cryptocurrency figures or their relatives.
Police sources said the woman was the daughter of a cryptocurrency company boss.
The botched kidnap bid was captured on video by an onlooker in Paris's 11th district, in the east of the French capital.
A masked gang have tried to abduct the daughter and young grandson of a cryptocurrency chief in Paris, but after a violent struggle they drove off empty-handed.
The couple shouted for help as the masked men tried to pull them apart.
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