Overview
- Around 5 a.m. on December 18 in Dompierre-sur-Mer, a crypto investor and his partner were tied up as assailants forced multiple transfers from their digital wallets, with leaked data used to target them according to specialized media.
- The Rennes prosecutor’s office (JIRS) says about €8 million was taken, while earlier reports had indicated roughly €10 million.
- Gendarmes found the attackers gone when they arrived, and no arrests have been announced as the search continues.
- The inquiry has been assigned to JIRS Rennes for organized crime offenses and to the gendarmerie’s Poitiers research section and national cyber unit.
- Reports differ on whether three or four attackers were involved; the couple showed signs of violence but is reported to be out of danger.