Twenty-five people brought before French judge for attempted kidnapping of crypto tycoon's family
Videos of the brazen kidnapping attempt, which took place in broad daylight on a Parisian street on May 13, were filmed and disseminated on social media, and showed three masked men wrestling with two people while their getaway van idled nearby.
The two people targeted were the family of Pierre Noizat, the CEO and co-founder of Paymium, a French cryptocurrency exchange platform.
In an interview with BFM television, Noizat praised their "heroic" behaviour as well as that of the man who used a fire extinguisher against the attackers, saying he was "exemplary".
It was the third violent attack targeting crypto players and their families in recent months.
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