A couple was kidnapped in the Cher department. Tuesday, January 21, the boss of the company Ledger, specializing in cryptocurrencies, and his wife were kidnapped at their home, near Vierzon. The criminals claimed a strong ransom. The man and the woman were finally released thanks to the intervention of the GIG.
David Balland, one of the founders of the French leader in cryptocurrency portfolios, is free, but currently hospitalized. Particularly violent kidnappers cut her finger As part of a ransom request in the amount of one million euros.
The man was removed with his partner at his home in Méreau, a town of 2,600 inhabitants 7 km from Vierzon. The abduction happened very early Tuesday morning. They were forcibly embarked on cars, then kidnapped for 24 hours in different places.
According to residents of the town, GIGN men intervened In the early afternoon Wednesday, January 22, in a house along the Berry Canal, in downtown Vierzon on Wednesday, January 22 in a house. They also saw a helicopter crisscrossing the area at low altitude.
Finally, David Balland and his wife were released outside the department, in Étampes, in Essonne, and in Châteauroux, in Indre, during an operation qualified as “very muscular”. The first suspects were arrested and Six people are in police custody.
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