During the night of October 21 to 22, three masked men broke into the home of a couple in their sixties in Mont-de-Marsan and tied them up in an attempt to obtain their cryptocurrencies. One of the attackers allegedly struck the 63-year-old husband before the assailants left with a laptop and a mobile phone. After freeing themselves, the victims called the police and were taken to the hospital for medical examinations. Their son, who works in the cryptocurrency sector, was placed under police protection, and the investigation was assigned to the judicial police in Bayonne. According to the Crypto Crime tool, France has recorded around fifty cryptocurrency-related kidnappings since the beginning of the year, or about three per week.
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