Bitcoin Robbery: French Couple Held Hostage As Fake Cops Steal €900K in BTC

Three individuals stole almost $1M on Bitcoin from a couple at knife point at their home.

Following the TF1 account, the woman opened the door of her house when the individuals identified themselves as the police, only to be then pushed and kidnapped inside alongside her husband. The slightly injured woman and her husband were forced onto their sofa, where the man was tied up by the kidnappers. Afterwards, one of the individuals pulled out a knife and threatened to attack the woman if her husband didn’t transfer the equivalent of €900K in bitcoin. Around 9 a.m., when the robbery was completed, the individuals fled in a white van. Only then was the injured woman able to untie her husband and called the neighbors for help.

No arrests have been made just yet. The Versailles prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for kidnapping and armed robbery by an organized gang, as well as criminal conspiracy, according to TF1. The investigations are being carried out by the Brigade de répression du banditisme (BRB).

This is not an isolated horror: it is but the latest entry in a growing ledger of real‑world Bitcoin heists.

For Bitcoin holders, the lesson is brutally simple: the attack surface has moved from your seed phrase to your front door

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