135th case of the genre: a mother and her son kidnapped in Nice for a $25,000 crypto account

Two masked men kidnapped a mother and her son in Nice on September 6, stealing a cryptocurrency account valued at $25,000. The Nice prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for armed extortion and kidnapping. This phenomenon of cryptocurrency-related crime is on the rise, with 135 kidnappings recorded in France. Relatives of cryptocurrency holders are also becoming targets, as evidenced by a recent attempted kidnapping in Toulon.