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Three masked men broke into a house in Mont-de-Marsan and tied up a couple in their sixties, demanding cryptocurrency before fleeing with a laptop and phone, in the second such attack in the Landes region in two months.
Three men who broke into a Bristol home to force a cryptocurrency holder to hand over his funds have been sentenced to a combined 16.5 years, as Chainalysis data shows physical attacks on crypto holders climbing worldwide.
A trader known as "realist" on X says three armed men invaded his home, bound him and stole roughly $800,000 in crypto and a Rolex — the latest in a string of violent "wrench attacks" against crypto holders in the UK and France.
Trade association Adan has reported breaches at the French tax administration to data protection authority CNIL, citing the FICOBA bank account leak and a suspected DGFiP agent leak, after months of silence from the Finance Ministry.
A report marking 50 years of the Amiens section de recherches lays bare how stolen or outdated data files fuel a wave of violent home invasions across Picardy, often targeting people with little or no cryptocurrency at all.
A Solihull investor known only as James was beaten with a hammer for 45 minutes while his pregnant wife was smothered with a pillow, in a robbery directed by phone. The BBC's account lands amid record figures for violent crypto thefts.
Three masked men broke into a home in Taverny, France, using stolen data from crypto tax platform Waltio to try to extort cryptocurrency from a family. Six suspects have since been indicted.
A family of four was tied up and threatened overnight in Vendin-le-Vieil, northern France, as intruders forced the father, who works in crypto, to hand over roughly €40,000. Four suspects remain at large amid a surge in violent attacks on crypto holders across France.
A group broke into a home in Vern-sur-Seiche believing it belonged to a cryptocurrency holder, detaining and assaulting the occupants before fleeing once they realised their mistake. The case adds to a growing tally of crypto-linked abductions across France.