By Stéphane Cazaux
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 10:09:09 pm SATURDAY May 3, 2025 at 23:44
A man in his fifty years was kidnapped by hooded men in the 14th arrondissement of Paris this Thursday morning. He was found kidnapped in a pavilion of Palaiseau (Essonne) this Saturday evening around 9:30 p.m. by the police of the Banditry Brigade (BRB) of the Parisian judicial police and the research and intervention brigade of the police prefecture (BRI-PP).
According to information fromNews, Two young suspects were arrested in the house. Two other suspects were arrested at the same time. They were every four summer in police custody. The victim, who would have undergone acts of torture, had a cut finger and his kidnappers have repeatedly called for a ransom during this sequestration, which lasted a little more than 48 hours. “The last ransom claimed was greater than 1 million euros”confides a source close to the file.
The criminals ended up being located by the police in a pavilion located near the Polytechnique school, according to our information. The victim was transported to hospital.
The victim’s son is the manager of a cryptocurrency company based abroad. In this case, it is the same operating mode used in the David Balland affair.
The 50 -year -old had been removed on avenue du Maine around 10:30 am Thursday morning, under the eyes of several witnesses. The kidnappers would have used a UPS marked van.
In this case, an investigation was opened “Heads of arrests, kidnapping, sequestration and arbitrary hostage to obtain the execution of an order or a condition committed in an organized gang, of extortion in band organized with weapon and participation in an association of criminal criminals”indicates the Paris prosecutor’s office. “The victim turned out to be the father of a man who made a fortune in cryptocurrencies, the facts being accompanied by a ransom request”confirms the same source.
“A huge congratulations to the investigators who did an exceptional job to release this man and to challenge his kidnappers “reacted the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, on X, this Saturday at the end of the evening.