Ledger聯合創始人David Balland綁架贖金襲擊後被警察救出

巴黎檢察官勞爾·貝卡烏（Laure Beccuau）說，巴拉德（Ballard）和他的妻子於週二早些時候從法國中部的家中被綁架，並在兩個單獨的地址被俘虜。

David Balland, co-founder of cryptocurrency wallet developer Ledger, has been rescued in a police operation after being kidnapped in a ransom attack in France, putting an end to days of swirling rumors, multiple reports said.

多個報導說，加密貨幣錢包開發商萊傑（Ledger）的聯合創始人戴維·鮑德（David Balland）在法國的一次贖金襲擊中被綁架後，在一次警察行動中被救出，終結了爆發謠言。

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said that Ballard and his wife were kidnapped early Tuesday from their home in Central France and held captive at two separate addresses, Reuters reported Friday. The prosecutor said that the kidnappers contacted another Ledger co-founder to demand a ransom paid in cryptocurrencies.

路透社週五報導，巴黎檢察官勞爾·貝卡烏（Laure Beccuau）說，巴拉德（Ballard）和他的妻子週二早些時候在法國中部的家中被綁架，並在兩個單獨的地址被俘虜。檢察官說，綁架者聯繫了另一位Ledger聯合創始人，要求以加密貨幣支付的贖金。

A police operation involving French elite forces GIGN freed Ballard on Wednesday and his wife was found on Thursday, the prosecutor said. Ballard was taken to a hospital to receive treatment to one of his hands, which was mutilated, Beccuau said, without revealing further details, according to Reuters. Local newspaper Le Parisien reported that the attackers severed Ballard's finger and sent it to associates to extort a ransom.

檢察官說，週三涉及法國精英部隊的警察行動，週三發現了他的妻子。貝卡烏說，巴拉德被送往醫院接受了一隻手的治療。當地報紙Le Parisien報導說，襲擊者切斷了Ballard的手指，並將其發送給同事勒索贖金。

"We are deeply relieved that David and his wife have been released, and are now safe," Pascal Gauthier, chairman and CEO of Ledger, said in a statement shared with CoinDesk.

Ledger董事長兼首席執行官Pascal Gauthier在與Coindesk的一份聲明中說：“我們對David和他的妻子已被釋放，現在很安全，現在很安全，現在很放心。”

Rumors circulated on social media earlier this week that one of the co-founders of Ledger had been kidnapped. Reports alleging that Eric Larchevêque, another co-founder of the company, was the victim turned out to be false. CoinDesk reached out to Ledger for confirmation at the time, but the company didn't comment.

謠言在本週早些時候在社交媒體上流傳，其中一位萊傑的聯合創始人被綁架了。報導稱，該公司的另一個聯合創始人埃里克·拉切維克（EricLarchevêque）是受害者是錯誤的。 Coindesk當時與Ledger聯繫了確認，但該公司沒有發表評論。

"Our top priority was always to allow law enforcement to do their jobs and protect the integrity of the investigation," CEO Gauthier said. "We respected law enforcement requests around safeguarding critical details of the ongoing investigation and appreciated members of the press who did the same."

首席執行官高迪爾說：“我們的首要任務始終是允許執法部門完成工作並保護調查的完整性。” “我們尊重執法人員的要求，圍繞著正在進行的調查的關鍵細節，並讚賞媒體的成員。”

The incident was another example of an alarming trend of robberies and crime targeting crypto traders and industry figures as the crypto bull market marches on creating riches to investors. For example, Dean Skurka, the CEO of WonderFi, a publicly listed crypto holding company that owns one of Canada's largest crypto exchanges, was kidnapped for a ransom in Toronto last year.

這一事件是針對加密貨幣商人和行業人物的搶劫和犯罪趨勢令人震驚的趨勢的另一個例子，因為加密牛市向投資者創造財富而逐漸發展。例如，擁有加拿大最大的加密貨幣交易所之一Wonderfi的首席執行官Dean Skurka是一家公開上市的加密貨幣控股公司，去年被綁架了在多倫多的贖金。

"Have seen an uptick in irl [real life] robberies targeting crypto traders located in Western Europe over the past few months," popular blockchain sleuth ZachXBT posted on Telegram. "The cases all involve known people in the crypto community where they were held at gunpoint. As the rest of the cycle continues, be extra mindful of who you share your wins with and meet up with [in real life]."

“在過去幾個月中，針對位於西歐的加密貨幣商人的IRL [現實生活]搶劫案的增長。” “這些案件都涉及加密社區中的知名人士。隨著其餘的周期的持續時間，請格外注意與誰分享您的勝利並與[現實生活中的]見面。”