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Two New York City police officers have been moved to limited-duty roles while investigators look into their possible ties to a recent kidnapping case involving cryptocurrency.

According to a report from The New York Times on 29, Detective Roberto Cordero, part of Mayor Eric Adams’ security team, picked up investor Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan from the airport and drove him to the townhouse.

The other officer, Detective Raymond J. Low, was reportedly involved in guarding the building where Carturan said he was held.

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Both officers are currently under internal review and have been reassigned to non-operational duties. City officials say Cordero was working off-duty when he drove Carturan, while Low may have been paid privately by one of the suspects to provide security.

NYPD officers need official permission to take on side jobs in private security. The Internal Affairs division is handling the investigation.

Two men have been charged in the case, John Woeltz, also known as the “crypto king of Kentucky”, and William Duplessie, a Swiss national who co-founded a crypto investment firm.

Woeltz was officially indicted by a grand jury on May 29. His lawyer requested a $2 million bond by arguing that Woeltz has no criminal record and holds a philosophy degree. Meanwhile, Duplessie remains in custody, with his indictment still pending.

Recently, Vietnamese authorities arrested five individuals accused of operating a large-scale crypto scheme called Matrix Chain. How did the police uncover the case? Read the full story.

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Armed assailants have reportedly attempted to kidnap the daughter and grandson of a crypto exchange executive in France.

The news television network France 24 reports that four masked men attacked a couple and their child in broad daylight in Paris on Tuesday.

Video footage shows that three of the perpetrators jumped out of a white delivery van to force the woman and her child into the vehicle. They also beat the woman’s partner, who tried to intervene.

But the woman, the daughter of France-based crypto exchange platform Paymium CEO and co-founder Pierre Noizat, resisted. She grabbed one of the attackers’ handguns and threw it away.

The commotion caught the attention of passersby who tried to help, including one man who brought out a fire extinguisher. The attackers eventually ended up fleeing in their waiting vehicle.

The victims sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital.

The attack follows a series of incidents targeting crypto entrepreneurs in France. In January, kidnappers abducted crypto wallet firm Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife and demanded a large ransom in cryptocurrency. The police managed to rescue the couple and the suspects, including the alleged mastermind, are now detained.

Last month, masked men also kidnapped the father of a crypto millionaire in the French capital and demanded ransom. The police were able to locate the place of detention and freed the man during a raid.

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