Seven took place in France for the kidnapping and torture of cryptographic form

The French authorities hold six men and a woman after Kidnapping and torture of a co -founder of a global company And his wife, prosecutors, said on Saturday, January 25. Seven who could face a long life prison belong to 10 people taken at the end of Thursday, when the Anti-Gang investigators examine the case.

David Balland, 36-year-old co-founder and former Ledger-World Employee employee leader of security systems for cryptocurrencies and digital assets-and his wife was taken from his home in Mereau in the Loire region in central France on Tuesday, on Tuesday, prosecutor Paris Laure Beccuau told journalists on Friday. Another co -founder of Ledger, Eric Larchevêque, alerted the police about kidnapping after receiving a film showing a mutilated finger belonging to Balland and the demand of ransom, in accordance with the source similar to the case. The police located and released Balland on Wednesday, and he was taken to hospital for treatment. His wife, taken to another place by alleged kidnappers, was found in the car.

According to prosecutors, most suspects were already known to the police because of previous criminal actions, but none had previously been involved in a gang crime. The kidnapping asked for “a large sum of cryptocurrencies,” said Beccuuu, no matter how big, with its part transmitted during the negotiations dealing by the police, before most cryptographic assets were occupied and frozen. Seven-seven from 20 to 25 years old is present in pre-trial detention. They face the allegations of kidnapping related to the gang, acting of torture and armed extortion. Three others initially took place. Until now, their lawyers have refused to comment.

230 police and gendarmes and police were involved in the operations, including the elite GIGN tactical unit specializing in hostage situations and cryptocurrency experts. Founded in 2014, the French Company Ledger is the so-called “unicorn”-a private startup worth over $ 1 billion-and a world leader in digital wallets and treasures to protect cryptographic assets.