Khaberni - A couple in the suburbs of Paris were attacked inside their home after armed men impersonated police officers, forcing them to transfer about 900,000 euros in Bitcoin.
A shocking robbery occurred in the suburbs of the French capital, Paris, where a couple faced a violent attack inside their home and were forced, under threat, to transfer about 900,000 euros in Bitcoin to the attackers. This incident is part of a series of increasing crimes in France targeting cryptocurrency investors.
The French newspaper “Le Parisien” reported that three armed men stormed into the couple’s home in Le Chesnay–Rocquencourt, Yvelines, after presenting themselves as police officers, before holding them hostage and forcing the husband to transfer his digital wallet of Bitcoin to their accounts.
According to the newspaper, the incident occurred on Monday morning when three men rang the couple’s doorbell early in the morning, around eight o'clock.
The attackers told the homeowner, a woman about sixty years old, that they were police officers, which prompted her to open the door without realizing the trap awaiting her.
As soon as the door was opened, the attackers forcefully pushed her down before storming into the house, masked and dressed in black clothes and gloves, then completely took over the place.
After invading the house, the attackers immediately headed to the first floor, where the husband was working in his office, with a clear objective to seize his digital wallet of Bitcoin.
During the operation, one of the attackers brandished a knife and threatened to harm the wife, who had already been injured in her shoulder during the assault, if the transfer was not made immediately.
The newspaper mentioned that the gang members were in contact with a fourth person throughout the operation, who seemed to be directing them and giving instructions.
Under pressure and threat, the husband was forced to transfer about 900,000 euros in Bitcoin to the attackers.
After completing the transfer, the assailants left the home, but not before they tied up the husband using a cable and took both spouses' phones to prevent them from calling the police.
The gang’s vehicle, a small white van, was parked outside the house.
After managing to free himself, the husband quickly went to the neighbors' house to report the incident to the police.
Immediately, forensic and technical police experts moved to the scene to collect evidence and search for any traces that might help identify the attackers.
A judicial investigation was opened for charges of illegal detention in an organized gang, and extortion under the threat of weapons, while the organized crime unit of the French police took over the case.
The newspaper pointed out that this type of crime has been increasingly repeating in France over the past two years, as gangs target owners of large digital wallets.
In January, a cryptocurrency investor and his family were subjected to a similar assault in the town of Vernouillet sur Seine in Yvelines, where they were tied up and beaten inside their home.
In December, a group of three armed men broke into another investor’s home near La Rochelle in western France, and managed, after two hours of threats and assault, to force him to transfer nearly 8 million euros in cryptocurrencies.
With the increase in these crimes, the French government issued a decree in August 2025 aimed at protecting investors in the digital currency sector.
The decree stipulates that the addresses of managers of companies specializing in cryptocurrencies should not be published in the trade registry, in order to minimize the risk of them being targeted by criminal gangs.
The authorities believe that these measures have become necessary in light of the growing crimes related to digital currencies, which now pose a new security challenge for the French police.
