The US has reported the highest number of crypto kidnapping cases since 2019, despite a recent spike in France. Victims often ...

A Russian couple in Argentina are the latest victims of a spree of crypto kidnappings, shelling out $43K to regain freedom.

French police arrest over 12 in raids targeting a crypto kidnapping network after violent attacks on entrepreneurs and their ...

John Woeltz, a Manhattan crypto investor, has been charged with kidnapping and torturing an Italian man to obtain Bitcoin ...

Russian crypto couple kidnapped in Buenos Aires has been freed after a $43k Bitcoin ransom; Interpol notices target two Chechen suspects.

The NYC torture scheme was just the latest example of a “wrench attack,” where a thief employs brutal physical violence in ...

Crypto entrepreneurs kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Interpol targets Russian suspects. Details on the shocking ordeal and global ...

More recently, three teenagers were accused of kidnapping a man at gunpoint after he returned from hosting a crypto-related event in downtown Las Vegas. After returning to his apartment ...

As fear spreads through France’s crypto community, some industry figures say the EU’s regulations of exposing holders to ...

Crypto kidnappings have surged recently, with the US and Europe being hotspots. France arrests 12 suspects. Are crypto ...

The dismissal of charges against Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, is the Trump administration’s latest pullback in ...

Crypto industry insiders seem convinced that organized crime likes these attacks because of a (mistaken) belief that crypto transfers are untraceable. So people like Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin are ...