الشرطة الفرنسية تعتقل ستة أشخاص بعد اختطاف قاضٍ في قضية فدية مشفرة

ألقت الشرطة الفرنسية القبض على ستة أشخاص بعد اختطاف قاضية واحتجازها لعدة ساعات في قضية قالت السلطات إنها تضمنت طلب فدية بعملة رقمية.

تفاصيل الحادثة

جاءت الاعتقالات بعد العثور على القاضية البالغة من العمر 35 عامًا ووالدتها البالغة 67 عامًا صباح يوم الجمعة، حيث تم العثور عليهما مصابتين داخل مرآب في منطقة دروم جنوب شرق فرنسا، وفقًا لتقرير لوكالة فرانس برس.

وقال المدعون إن شريك القاضية، الذي لم يكن في المنزل أثناء عملية الاختطاف ليلة الأربعاء إلى الخميس الماضي، كان الهدف بعد أن أرسل له الخاطفون رسالة وصورة للامرأتين يطلبان فيها فدية مشفرة.

عملية البحث والتحقيق

ثم شنت السلطات عملية بحث واسعة النطاق شملت 160 ضابطًا. ووصف المدعي العام تيري دران القاضية بأنها “شريكة في شركة ناشئة تعمل في مجال العملات الرقمية” في مؤتمر صحفي يوم الجمعة.

وذكرت شركة أمن البلوكشين سيرتيك أن هذه الحالة الأخيرة في فرنسا تتبع “أنماطًا شائعة إلى حد ما في حوادث الاختطاف والابتزاز السابقة”، على الرغم من أن الحالات “التي تشمل ما يصل إلى خمسة مختطفين نادرة نسبيًا”، مما يشير إلى أن “مثل هذا النمط يتطور ليصبح جريمة منظمة”.

وهدد الخاطفون، حسبما ورد، بتشويه الضحايا إذا لم يتم الدفع بسرعة، على الرغم من أن المدعين العامين لم يفصحوا عن المبلغ المطلوب.

ونقلًا عن بيان المؤتمر الصحفي: “بتحذير من الضوضاء، تدخل جار. تمكن من فتح الباب وبالتالي سمح لضحيتينا بالهروب”. وأكد دران أنه لم يتم دفع أي فدية.

ولم تفصح الشرطة عن أعمار أو هويات المشتبه بهم البالغين، مشيرة إلى استمرار التحقيق وتورط قاصر، مع توقعات بتوجيه اتهامات رسمية في الأيام القادمة بينما تحدد السلطات دور كل مشتبه به.

تصاعد هجمات “الابتزاز المادي”

تذكر الحادثة عمليات اختطاف سابقة ذات صيت في فرنسا، بما في ذلك اختطاف الشريك المؤسس لشركة ليدجر، ديفيد بالاند، الذي اختُطف من منزله واحتُجز للحصول على فدية بعملة رقمية.

قام المهاجمون ببتر إحدى أصابع الضحية وأرسلوا مقطع فيديو إلى شريكه في العمل للضغط من أجل الدفع، قبل أن تعتقل الشرطة لاحقًا عدة مشتبه بهم وتنقذ الضحية.

أدت الحوادث المصنفة على أنها ما يسمى “بـهجمات الابتزاز المادي” إلى خسائر تجاوزت 41 مليون دولار العام الماضي، مع زيادة الحوادث بنسبة 75٪ على أساس سنوي، وبروز فرنسا كبؤرة ساخنة لهذه الجرائم.

تحليل الاتجاهات والمخاطر

قالت أنجيلا أنغ، رئيسة السياسات والشراكات الاستراتيجية لمنطقة آسيا والمحيط الهادئ في TRM Labs، إن حالة القاضية الفرنسية هذا الأسبوع “تتوافق مع الاتجاه المتصاعد لهجمات الابتزاز المادي”، مضيفة أن عام 2025 كان “عامًا قياسيًا” لمثل هذه الهجمات مع “ما يقرب من 60 اعتداءً جسديًا تم الإبلاغ عنها على حاملي العملات الرقمية”.

وأضافت: “إن الاستخدام المتزايد للعملات الرقمية في الاختطاف والابتزاز يعكس الانتشار الواسع للعملات المشفرة وما يُنظر إليه من عدم إمكانية عكس المعاملات الرقمية وإمكانية إجرائها باسم مستعار”. “يستخدم المجرمون وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بشكل متزايد لبناء تقييمات مفصلة للأهداف المحتملة – مع التركيز بشكل خاص على مؤشرات الثراء”. “تخفيف مخاطر هجمات الابتزاز المادي يتطلب الحذر والأمن والوعي – على سلسلة البلوكشين، وعبر الإنترنت، وفي العالم الحقيقي”.

وعند سؤالها عما إذا كانت العملات الرقمية لا تزال تجعل عمليات الاختطاف أو الابتزاز أسهل للمجرمين، قالت سيرتيك إن الخطر ليس مقصورًا على العملات الرقمية.

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