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A crypto investor has been charged with kidnapping and torture.
John Woeltz was arrested Friday after a man escaped a Manhattan townhome and told authorities that Woeltz and another man had ...
France is tackling a crypto kidnapping wave denting its image and a potential presidential contender
For-ransom hostage takings targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in France are blowing up into a political issue for the ...
‘The wealth is digital, the violence is analog’: How the crypto rich got caught up in a new crime wave
The attempted kidnapping of Australian tech billionaire Tim Heath has shed light on a troubling trend, as criminals turn to ...
NYC crypto trader accused of Italian man’s kidnap, torture threatened to kill his family to get Bitcoin password: prosecutors
Crypto trader John Woeltz, accused of kidnapping a 28-year-old Italian man, repeatedly shocked his victim with electric wires ...
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France is tackling a crypto kidnapping wave denting its image and a potential presidential contender
After another attempted crypto kidnapping in the heart of Paris this week, the wave of violence is also blowing up into a political issue for the government of President Emmanuel Macron ...
Woman escapes botched kidnapping in Paris as gangs target crypto wealth
French prosecutors are investigating after a masked gang tried to kidnap the daughter of a crypto businessman in Paris in ...
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France is tackling a crypto kidnapping wave denting its image and a potential presidential contender
Advertisement Article continues below this ad After another attempted crypto kidnapping in the heart of Paris this week, the wave of violence is also blowing up into a political issue for the ...
Wave of Crypto Kidnappings in France Raises Security Alarms, Possibly Impacting Presidential Race
France is witnessing a rising wave of kidnappings aimed at cryptocurrency entrepreneurs. The situation is not only damaging the country's reputation but is also becoming a political issue ...