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A Solihull investor known only as James was beaten with a hammer for 45 minutes while his pregnant wife was smothered with a pillow, in a robbery directed by phone. The BBC's account lands amid record figures for violent crypto thefts.
A sixth suspect has been charged in Poland's investigation into the collapse of Zondacrypto, formerly BitBay, as investigators search a fuel depot where founder Sylwester Suszek was last seen in 2022.
A family of four was tied up and threatened overnight in Vendin-le-Vieil, northern France, as intruders forced the father, who works in crypto, to hand over roughly €40,000. Four suspects remain at large amid a surge in violent attacks on crypto holders across France.
Four suspects have been indicted, three placed in pretrial detention, over a violent home invasion in Taninges targeting a woman's crypto assets, part of a surge in physical crypto crime recorded by French prosecutors.
A group broke into a home in Vern-sur-Seiche believing it belonged to a cryptocurrency holder, detaining and assaulting the occupants before fleeing once they realised their mistake. The case adds to a growing tally of crypto-linked abductions across France.