Victim of a kidnapping last week with his wife, the co-founder of Ledger, a cryptocurrency company, David Balland gave his news via his X account. News in a humorous tone.
The alert had been raised by the other co-founder, Eric Larchevêque, last week. David Balland and his wife had been kidnapped from their home in Vierzon on January 22 before being released by law enforcement the next day. Tortured, his kidnappers had cut off one of his fingers before sending the video to Eric Larchevêque along with a ransom demand.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000Since then, David Balland has changed his biography on the social network Twitter. From now on, he first displays a trophy with the following mention “Kidnapping Championship 2025”. He completes with “Fingers: 9/10”.
The cryptocurrencies paid frozen
Thus, all the cryptocurrencies that had been paid to the kidnappers were able to be frozen by the police and the cryptocurrency players. David Balland also re-shared a post from a person who explained that one of the kidnappers tried 27 times to withdraw the cryptos paid.
Since this case, seven people had been indicted on Friday, January 25 in the judicial investigation opened for arrest, kidnapping, sequestration or arbitrary detention with torture or act of barbarity and for obtaining the execution of an order or a condition in an organized gang. They face life imprisonment.