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CASE 266  |  Multiple  |  October ?, 2017  |  France
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  266
  date                October ?, 2017
  original_date       October, 2017
  year                2017
  month               10
  quarter             2017-Q4
  victim              Multiple
  location            Toulouse, France
  country             France
  scenario            Home Invasion
  description         4 bitcoin traders robbed at gunpoint
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    0
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             1
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        
  coin_type           
  reports             20 MINUTES
  notes               they met the suspects on a sales site
  has_processed_date  0
  created_at          2025-11-14 09:05:23
  (flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
   their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
   same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)

AI SUMMARY  [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
  **Victims:** Four young cryptocurrency holders (aged 18–24) in the Busca neighbourhood of Toulouse, France.
  
  **Attackers:** Two men, aged 19 and 34, whom the victims had met through an online sales site; both were arrested.
  
  **Attack Method:** In late October 2017 the four gathered with the two men in one of their apartments; the visitors opened a suitcase, pulled out a weapon and ordered the group to transfer $20,000 in Bitcoin.
  
  **Violence Used:** Detention — the four were held at gunpoint and locked inside the apartment.
  
  **Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** The Bitcoin transfer failed; instead the two robbed the victims of their smartphones, identity papers, money and keys before locking them in.
  
  **Status:** The captives climbed over a balcony to alert police. Investigators traced the pair — one arrested in Blagnac, the other in Saint-Girons (Ariège) — and charged them with kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted extortion, with pre-trial detention.

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/2180483-20171203-toulouse-quatre-jeunes-sequestres-forces-transferer-bitcoins

NOTES ON THIS FILE
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Toulouse: Four Young People Kidnapped and Forced to Transfer Bitcoins
A nightmare unfolded for virtual currency holders in Toulouse when two men, aged 19 and 34, were arrested and detained for trying to extort $20,000 in virtual currency (Bitcoin) from four young Toulousains, according to La Dépêche du Midi.

The incident took place in late October in the Busca neighborhood. The four young people, aged between 18 and 24, gathered in one of their apartments with the two men, who they had met through an online sales site. The "guests" opened a suitcase and pulled out a weapon, ordering the young men to transfer $20,000 worth of virtual currency to them.

Cut off from the Outside World in an Apartment
The transaction ultimately failed, but the two perpetrators still managed to rob their victims of smartphones, identity papers, money, and keys before locking them inside the apartment. Isolated from the outside world, the "hostages" had to climb over a balcony to alert authorities.

Investigators from the criminal brigade of the departmental security forces traced the two men, who were arrested last week. One was caught in Blagnac, near Toulouse, and the other in Saint-Girons, Ariège. They have been charged with "kidnapping, armed robbery, and attempted extortion," and placed in pre-trial detention.



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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)

Toulouse: Quatre jeunes séquestrés et forcés à transférer des bitcoins

Le mot du jour, 5 lettres (Wordle en français)

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Quatre jeunes séquestrés et forcés à transférer des bitcoins

Une vraie nuit de cauchemar pour de la monnaie virtuelle. Deux hommes, de 19 ans et 34, ont été interpellés et écroués pour avoir tenté d’extorquer de la monnaie virtuelle, type bitcoin, à quatre jeunes Toulousains, rapporte La Dépêche du Midi dans son édition du jour.

La «bulle» du bitcoin va-t-elle éclater?

Les faits ont eu lieu fin octobre, dans le quartier du Busca. Les quatre jeunes, âgés de 18 à 24 ans, se sont retrouvés dans l’appartement de l’un d’eux avec les deux hommes rencontrés via un site de vente en ligne. Les « invités » ont ouvert une valise et sorti une arme, sommant les jeunes de leur transférer 20.000 dollars de monnaie virtuelle.

Toujours selon le quotidien régional, la transaction a échoué. Mais les deux malfaiteurs n’ont pas fait le voyage pour rien : smartphones, papiers d’identité, argent, clés… ils ont dépouillé leurs victimes avant de les enfermer à l’intérieur de l’appartement.

Coupés du monde extérieur, les « otages » ont dû enjamber un balcon pour donner l’alerte.

Les enquêteurs de la brigade criminelle de la Sûreté départementale ont fini par remonter la piste des deux hommes, interpellés la semaine dernière. L’un a été arrêté à Blagnac, près de Toulouse, l’autre à Saint-Girons, en Ariège. Mis en examen pour « séquestration, vol avec arme et tentative d’extorsion », ils ont été placés en détention préventive.

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