Somme House Robbed Three Times Over Ex-Owner's Crypto Fortune; Two Sentenced

Two men have been sentenced over the third break-in at a house in France's Somme department, where the current owner was targeted by three separate groups of intruders in less than a month, according to Protos, as reported by BlockBeats on Aug 13. The attacks were linked to the previous owner, who had become wealthy through cryptocurrency. The former resident's financial information was suspected of being leaked on the dark web, and criminals apparently came to the property demanding cryptocurrency ransoms. The current owner, however, does not actually hold the relevant crypto assets. During one of the intrusions, the victim was tied up and beaten. The two men involved in the third incident have now been sentenced to three years and 18 months in prison, respectively. The house was hit three times in under a month, and each group of intruders was reportedly seeking a cryptocurrency ransom. The sentences were handed down recently, according to the same report.