Crypto made you rich? It also made you a target...

This is the dark side of crypto and self-custody:
Jan 2025 🇫🇷
- Ledger co-founder kidnapped with partner
- kidnappers wanted ~€10M in crypto
- part of his finger cut before police rescue
Apr 2025 🇫🇷
- 60-year-old father kidnapped
- finger cut to force payment
- €5–7M ransom demanded
May 2025 🇫🇷
- gang tried to grab crypto boss’s family in Paris
- bystanders stepped in
- attackers fled in a van
May 2025 🇺🇸
- two men charged in NYC
- victim held 17 days
- beaten and shocked for ~$28M BTC
Jun 2025 🇫🇷
- 23-year-old crypto user kidnapped
- partner handed over €5k + Ledger
- victim later released
Oct 2025 🇮🇩
- victim (influencer) was stopped on motorcycle
- kidnapped, phone taken
- forced to send crypto
Oct 2025 🇦🇪
- lured to Dubai villa
- tortured for wallet access
- killed when wallets were empty
Dec 2025 🇦🇹
- 21-year-old lured by "partners"
- attacked for wallet access
- funds moved; victim killed
Feb 2026 🇫🇷
- targeted due to partner’s crypto links
- kidnapped for ~30 hours
- later released
Feb 2026 🇮🇩
- Ukrainian national kidnapped in Bali
- group demanded up to $10M
- suspects later identified