The father of a crypto entrepreneur was rescued by French police on Saturday after being kidnapped late last week, according to Paris prosecutors, marking the latest in a string of high-profile crypto-related attacks in recent years.
The unnamed victim was abducted from a street in Paris and held for ransom at a home in Essonne, 35 miles away, the French authorities said in a statement. The kidnappers sent a video of the mutilated victim to his son—who had made his fortune in crypto—demanding millions of euros in ransom, according to CNN. The victim was freed after two days by French police but not before having one of his fingers severed by his assailants, CNN reported.
