Youth gang and mysterious mastermind were behind crypto-linked kidnapping of French magistrate
- Posted on April 26, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Youth gang and mysterious mastermind were behind crypto-linked kidnapping of French magistrate
Aged 17 to 20, the five suspected participants in the abduction and detention of a magistrate and her mother in February were recruited in the suburbs of Lyon via Telegram. Their elusive mastermind has surfaced in several other cryptocurrency extortion cases.