Removal of David Balland: a cryptocurrency ransom sent to Morocco

The important ransom in cryptocurrency required after the abduction of David Balland, co-founder and ex-employee of Ledger, a French cryptocurrency company, as well as its companion, was to go to account in Morocco.

Removed last Tuesday, in the early morning, at their home in Méreau in the Cher, then taken to Châteauroux, kidnapped in several places, David Balland, co-founder and ex-employee of Ledger, as well as his companion were released by the cybergendarmes, the the following day. This release was only possible thanks to the alert given by Eric Larchevêque, co -founder of the company. According to a source close to the file, he received a video of a mutilated finger from David Balland and a ransom request. The captors (s) demanded an important ransom in cryptocurrency – 10 million euros, which “had to go to account in Morocco”, believes to know The Parisian. Nearly 3 million euros were paid as part of the negotiation with a member of the Technical Directorate of Ledger, in coordination with cybergendarmes, but the majority of cryptocurrencies were seized and frozen.