25 suspects indicted, including six minors – Liberation

Twenty-five suspects were indicted in Paris on Friday, May 30, including six minors, for attempts and projects to take off in the cryptocurrency, said the prosecution on Saturday, May 31. « Eighteen people were placed in pre-trial detention, three requested a delayed debate, four were placed under judicial supervision », said the public prosecutor, who opened judicial information, in particular on the attempt to removal from the daughter and grandson of the CEO From the specialized company Paymium, May 13, in the middle of the street in the 11th arrondissement of the capital. But also on « Other non -successful projects »said the Paris prosecutor’s office.

As a first attempt to remove relatives of the CEO of Paymium, on May 12, according to several sources close to the file. Or a removal project near Nantesfoiled in extremis by the police. In this one, two commandos with two vans were to be used, according to one of these sources. One of the commandos was spotted because he used the same van as the one who operated on May 13, another close source said on Friday.

For Ambroise Vienet-Legué, who defends one of the suspects of the Nantes aspect, this file is characterized by « Very young profiles, banged by money and then taken in a dynamic that exceeds them ». « My client has admitted to having been one of the fuses of a criminal machine » And « Record bitterly »assured the lawyer. The suspect, 18, was placed in pre -trial detention.

« My client, freshly 18 years old and recruited by experienced people, risks going into detention because of a context where justice wants to send a message, without individualizing », Me Sobieslaw Bemmoussat, another defense lawyer. One of the indictments placed under judicial supervision is a 23 -year -old man suspected of having conveyed « A person at the request of a third party »according to a third close source.

« The liberty and detention judge has retained the particularity of the profile of our client, who has nothing to do with the case », His lawyers, Mahaut Laravoire and Adrien Sorrentino, congratulated themselves by AFP. « It is reassuring to note that in a file with a strong media echian the magistrates make the share of things and still take into account the minority of the indictments », Also commented Julien Fresnault, lawyer for a 16 -year -old boy, accused of being involved in the aborted attempt on May 12.

These attempts by Nantes and May 13 in Paris also have « Links » With another case: the sequestration, on May 1, of the father of a man who made a fortune in the cryptocurrencies, said a source close to the investigation earlier this week. These clues sketch the contours of a network whose existence must still be confirmed by the judicial information.

The black series started in January, with similar cases. At the beginning of the month, an influencer in cryptocurrencies was found in the trunk of a car near Le Mans. Then there was the confinement, at the end of January, of the Ledger co -founderDavid Balland, and his partner. The couple had been removed at their home in Méreau (dear). Balland had a finger cut, then was released. His partner had been discovered tied up in a vehicle.

One of the suspects charged was presented as the sponsor. But according to another source close to the file, it would rather be « Logistician » Sweet, already temporarily detained for another case of abduction linked to cryptocurrencies: the kidnapping in August 2023 of the father of the youtubeur Teufeurs (Killian Desnos). RAPT against Rançon: « The operating mode is not new », Analysis for AFP a connoisseur of these files, « But it intensified in 2025 »with manifestations of violence.

Thus, like David Balland in the Ledger case, the father of a man who made a fortune in the cryptocurrencies, who had been removed on May 1 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, had a cut finger. He was released after 58 hours of sequestration. A sign that the threat is taken seriously, the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau brought together the cryptocurrency professionals for « Take measures together to protect them ».