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The Belgian court condemned three people for their roles in the kidnapping related to the cryptocurrency focused on the wife of the local crypto entrepreneur Stéphane Winkel.
The Brussels Criminal Court issued twelve -year sentences to three kidnappers who attacked Winkel’s wife in December 2024, Local Press Agency La Dernière Heure reported Thursday.
The criminals were convicted of hostages after the victim’s kidnapping outside her home, forcing her to the van and demanding a ransom in the cryptocurrency.
The law enforced Winkel and promoted the van and subsequently arrested the kidnapper and liberated the victim after taking the vehicle from the road with a risky maneuver.
Masters’ kidnap still at freedom
In addition to imprisonment, the court ordered both victims to pay at least EUR 1 million ($ 1.2 million).
While the court held the trio responsible, he acknowledged that the Master remained unidentified. He also rejected the defendants’ claims that they were forced to undergo death.
According to the report, this case also applies to a minor with which a juvenile court is managed.
Impact on Winkela’s Crypto Ventures
Winkel, a well -known local crypto investor and coach, operates educational platforms such as Crypto Académie and Crypto Sun. Its YouTube channel has about 40,000 subscribers and offers free instructions for those interested in cryptocurrency.
Although Winkel and his wife received urgent help from the enforcement of law, the suffering had them deeply traumatized and allegedly forced them to move.
“I consider myself a defender of freedom, but now I realize that security must become an absolute priority for me and you around me,” Winkel Winkel he wrote In the paper X in January.
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The entrepreneur also committed to continuing content production, but with a safer approach and states:
“No other competitions or demonstrations of wallets, instead focus on education, simplify and analyze the market. I will share my experience to help others avoid these situations.”
Winkel returned to YouTube at the end of June and recorded his first video from kidnapping. Unlike past videos, the new format contains only voice narrative, without appearance on the camera.
Alarming growing trend
Winkel’s story is another example of an alarming increase in crypto -related kidnapping around the world, emphasizing the risks facing crypto investors who maintain public profiles.
In mid -June another crypt kidnapping took place in France Perpetrators kidnaping a 23 -year -old man and demand your partner to pay 5,000 euros ($ 5,764) in cash along with his Private key to the hardware wallet of the book.
In the next high -ranking case in May three men attempted to kidnap Daughter and grandson of Pierre Nozat, co -founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange Paymium.
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