Overview
- Three men posing as police entered a Le Chesnay home, threatened the woman with a knife, and demanded a Bitcoin transfer, according to TF1 reporting.
- The couple, in their late 50s, sent about €900,000 in Bitcoin under duress to a wallet controlled by the attackers.
- The suspects tied up the husband, the woman sustained a minor shoulder injury, and the group fled in a white van around 9 a.m.
- The Versailles prosecutor’s office confirmed the crypto theft and assigned the case to the Brigade for the Repression of Banditry, with no arrests announced.
- Prosecutors are weighing charges including kidnapping, armed robbery, organized crime, and criminal conspiracy as investigators probe a broader rise in physical ‘wrench attacks’ targeting crypto holders in France.