France Indicts Seven Suspects In Swiss Cryptocurrency Kidnap

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Seven people suspected of kidnapping a young Swiss man for a cryptocurrency ransom have been indicted in France. This content was published on September 5, 2025 - 13:26 3 minutes Keystone-SDA

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This was announced by the public prosecutor's office in Lyon, five days after the release of the hostage by the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN). The seven suspects have been placed in preventive detention.

The victim, in his 20s, had been kidnapped in a place and under circumstances that were not disclosed. The kidnap ordeal lasted from 28 to 31 August, before being ended by the elite unit of the French gendarmerie near the railway station of Valence, in the department of Drôme.

Last Saturday, the gendarmerie had been informed that a Swiss citizen, who – according to a source close to the case – had cryptocurrencies, had been taken hostage in France by kidnappers who demanded 'the payment of a ransom in cryptocurrency for his release', the public prosecutor's office had indicated.

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