Ledger联合创始人David Balland绑架赎金袭击后被警察救出

巴黎检察官劳尔·贝卡乌（Laure Beccuau）说，巴拉德（Ballard）和他的妻子于周二早些时候从法国中部的家中被绑架，并在两个单独的地址被俘虏。

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.

多个报道说，加密货币钱包开发商莱杰（Ledger）的联合创始人戴维·鲍德（David Balland）在法国的一次赎金袭击中被绑架后，在一次警察行动中被救出，终结了爆发谣言。

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.

路透社周五报道，巴黎检察官劳尔·贝卡乌（Laure Beccuau）说，巴拉德（Ballard）和他的妻子周二早些时候在法国中部的家中被绑架，并在两个单独的地址被俘虏。检察官说，绑架者联系了另一位Ledger联合创始人，要求以加密货币支付的赎金。

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.

检察官说，周三涉及法国精英部队的警察行动，周三发现了他的妻子。贝卡乌说，巴拉德被送往医院接受了一只手的治疗。当地报纸Le Parisien报道说，袭击者切断了Ballard的手指，并将其发送给同事勒索赎金。

"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董事长兼首席执行官Pascal Gauthier在与Coindesk的一份声明中说：“我们对David和他的妻子已被释放，现在很安全，现在很安全，现在很放心。”

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.

谣言在本周早些时候在社交媒体上流传，其中一位莱杰的联合创始人被绑架了。报道称，该公司的另一个联合创始人埃里克·拉切维克（EricLarchevêque）是受害者是错误的。 Coindesk当时与Ledger联系了确认，但该公司没有发表评论。

"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."

首席执行官高迪尔说：“我们的首要任务始终是允许执法部门完成工作并保护调查的完整性。” “我们尊重执法人员的要求，围绕着正在进行的调查的关键细节，并赞赏媒体的成员。”

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.

这一事件是针对加密货币商人和行业人物的抢劫和犯罪趋势令人震惊的趋势的另一个例子，因为加密牛市向投资者创造财富而逐渐发展。例如，拥有加拿大最大的加密货币交易所之一Wonderfi的首席执行官Dean Skurka是一家公开上市的加密货币控股公司，去年被绑架了在多伦多的赎金。

"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]."

“在过去几个月中，针对位于西欧的加密货币商人的IRL [现实生活]抢劫案的增长。” “这些案件都涉及加密社区中的知名人士。随着其余的周期的持续时间，请格外注意与谁分享您的胜利并与[现实生活中的]见面。”