They kidnap a judge and her mother in France and demand 1.6 million in cryptocurrencies to release them: there are 6 detainees

The kidnappers threatened to mutilate the victims if they did not receive said amount.

The kidnapping took place the night from Tuesday to Wednesday last week, around three in the morning, at the home of the 35-year-old judge, located in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, in the southeast of France.

Both she and her mother, 67, were stuffed in the trunk of a car. In the house they found traces of blood.

The two women were found alive on Friday morning in Bourg-lès-Valence, about 100 kilometers from the site of the kidnapping. They were found tied in a garage when a neighbor opened the door after hearing noises. Both suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital.

Six arrested

As reported by the newspaper The Parisian and other French media, three of the alleged kidnappers were arrested on Saturday night and the rest this Sunday.

The six, one of them a minorAccording to the first indications, they are part of a command of inexperienced young people who use organized crime methods.

The magistrate is the partner of an executive from a Lyon company specialized in cryptocurrencies. In fact, the kidnappers demanded a significant ransom in bitcoins that could reach 1.6 million euros.

Two of the three people arrested on Saturday They were trying to get on a bus bound for Spainaccording to sources close to the investigation cited by The Parisian.

The two suspects arrested on Sunday morning were in the western suburbs of Lyon.

A ransom in cryptocurrencies

According to the Lyon prosecutor, Thierry Dranthe motive for the kidnapping was the professional activity related to cryptocurrencies of the judge’s partner, who alerted the police after receiving a message and a photo from your partner sent by the kidnappers, who threatened to mutilate the victims.

But the man responded that he did not have any cryptocurrencies because had invested those assets in real estate, according to French media.