Kidnappers target Sandbox co-founder Sébastien Borget's wife as France logs 41 crypto-linked cases
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Promote with Leviathan NewsA fake deliveryman and five masked accomplices tried to abduct Sébastien Borget's wife from the couple's Villenoy home on May 20, attempting to force her into a Citroën C3 before neighbors intervened. Two suspects were arrested after police intercepted their Uber with a fake handgun, zip-ties, and balaclavas; four others remain at large. French police say 41 crypto-linked kidnappings or sequestrations have been recorded since Jan. 1, 2026, and 135 since 2023, turning France into the center of the wrench-attack wave.
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