Crypto home-jacking: same couple targeted twice in under six months

An alarm went off at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at a property in Saint-Jean-de-Védas near Montpellier, France, after three men climbed the fence and fled without entering the house. Three suspects, aged 19, 30 and 38, were intercepted shortly after in a stolen car, per Ouest-France. The same couple was targeted on April 11, 2026, by an armed man disguised as a delivery driver who demanded access to their crypto. The organized-crime prosecutor's office counts 135 crypto-linked kidnappings or confinements in France since 2023.