加密貨幣暴力搶劫案件激增：針對投資者的六起襲擊事件

來源: Cointelegraph 原文: 《 加密貨幣暴力搶劫案件激增：針對投資者的六起襲擊事件 》

隨着加密貨幣的普及和價值攀升，一些犯罪分子開始採取暴力手段從知名加密貨幣持有者那裏竊取資金。

詹姆森·洛普（Jameson Lopp）在GitHub上的資料庫記錄顯示，僅2025年就發生了22起針對加密貨幣持有者的"$5扳手"襲擊事件。這一稱號源於犯罪分子使用的粗暴暴力手段，迫使加密貨幣持有者交出他們的數字資產。

在多數情況下，地方執法部門能夠在受害者受傷和資金損失前及時幹預。然而，暴力且成功的襲擊事件呈現上升趨勢，部分事件已造成永久性傷害甚至死亡。

最近在法國巴黎發生的一起事件促使法國內政部召開專題會議，以應對這一日益嚴峻的趨勢。以下是今年發生的七起最具影響力的襲擊事件。

加密貨幣錢包Ledger的創始人David Balland及其妻子Amandine Balland於1月21日從家中被綁架。這對夫婦被強行帶上一輛汽車，隨後被分別關押在不同地點。

巴黎檢察官Laure Beccuau表示，綁架者聯繫了Ledger的一名高管，要求支付大量加密貨幣作爲贖金。據報道，犯罪分子對Balland的手實施了殘忍傷害，並向Ledger發送照片以施加壓力。

在Ledger向當局報警後，約230名警官參與了搜救行動。警方成功於1月22日在Châteauroux（位於其住所西南方向30英裏處）找到並解救了David。次日，通過審訊被捕嫌疑人並分析電話記錄，警方在Étampes（位於Vierzon北部80英裏處）成功解救了Amandine。

少量贖金已支付。Beccuau表示這些資金被凍結並追蹤，最終導致九名男子和一名女子被逮捕。

On Jan. 20, Korean Bitcoin (BTC) trader Taehwa Kim met with a man under the alias “JC” in Makati City, Philippines who was supposedly interested in buying his Lamborghini. After a test drive, they stopped at a spa, supposedly to meet with JC’s lawyer. Three other men forced Kim into another vehicle and bound his hands

Kim was kept for three days. Then, the attackers abandoned him some 50 kilometers away, his hands still tied, where police officers found him.

The perpetrators didn’t manage to get his crypto, but they stole his car, his Rolex watch, his wallet and the keys to his house

In November 2024, Kick streamer and cosplayer Kaitlyn Siragusa, known professionally as “Amouranth,” posted a screenshot on X of her crypto wallet. It held some $20 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and $80,000 in Ether (ETH)

Months later, on March 2, 2025, three armed assailants allegedly broke into her home with the intent of stealing her cryptocurrency. She posted during the incident on X, stating, “I’m being too robbed at gunpont. I believe I shot one of them they wanted crypto is what they were yelling they pulled me out of bed.”

Siragusa claimed that the assailants physically assaulted her before she discharged a weapon, after which they fled the scene. She said that police were testing blood left by suspects at the scene and posted video of the incident on her X profile

On March 29, police in São Paulo arrested a retired military police officer in connection with the week-long kidnapping of a Spanish businessman

Speaking to authorities, the businessman said he was approached by two men dressed in fake civil police uniforms and forced into a truck. Upon reaching a secluded location on the outskirts of the city, the assailants held him and demanded $50 million in cryptocurrency.

Local media said the kidnappers drugged their victim with sleeping pills, but he was still able to escape when one of them went to the bathroom. After finding a filling station, he tipped off police, who seized one of the suspects as well as a pistol and ammunition

The daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, co-founder and CEO of French crypto exchange Paymium, narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Paris when passersby intervened.

Three masked attackers tried to force Noizat’s daughter and her son into a van while they were taking a walk in Paris on May 13

En plein Paris, un homme a été violenté par des individus cagoulés, habillés tout en noir. Ils tentaient de l'enlever. Un homme a surgi, extincteur à la main, pour les faire fuir. → pic.twitter.com/9f4r2Gi7ho

Noizat’s daughter managed to disarm an attacker, after which a passing crowd intervened. The assailants fled in a van, which was later found abandoned nearby. The victims sustained injuries and were evacuated to a local hospital.

Local media reported that the Brigade for the Suppression of Banditry, a special police unit of the French Ministry of the Interior, was investigating the incident

Kidnappers in Paris, France abducted the father of a French cryptocurrency entrepreneur on May 4

The attackers took him to Essonne, 35 miles away from the Paris street where they grabbed him, and cut off his finger. They made a video and sent it to his son, demanding 5 million euros in crypto. The victim’s son subsequently contacted police

The victim was held for two days before French police were able to find and rescue him. According to CNN, five people were arrested in connection with the kidnapping

Authorities have noted the striking similarities of the case to that of Balland, whose attackers also took him several miles from the city and mutilated his hand

“Obviously, there’s at least a link in the modus operandi. Now, whether it’s the same team or not is for the investigators to say,” said internal security expert Guillaume Farde.

The rise in recent attacks has shaken the crypto industry. Ben Davis, co-founder and CEO at blockchain insurance firm Native, told Cointelegraph, “We used to see crypto wrench attacks predominantly happening when executives were abroad or traveling. However, high-profile cases like the kidnapping of Ledger’s co-founder show that attackers are now targeting individuals in their own homes, with more planning and precision than ever before.”

Authorities are responding to concerns as well. On May 16, the French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau met with cryptocurrency professionals to address the recent uptick in violent crime against industry figures

For the foreseeable future, personal security, not just asset security, will be a defining theme of the crypto industry

Additional reporting by Cath Jenkin