Five people were arrested for allegedly dousing an influencer’s father in gasoline and forcing him into the trunk of a car in exchange for ransom payments in crypto. The attack, whose details first surfaced this week, occurred at the every end of 2024 near the French border with Switzerland.
Investigators made arrests across France, far from the original site of the crime. Among those detained was a 16 year-old at the time of the attack, and the oldest of the five suspects was 42. Prosecutors are planning on charging the alleged attackers with kidnapping, unlawful confinement, extortion, organized crime, and aggravated violence.
