‘Wrench attacks’ subject some cryptocurrency holders to violence, kidnapping

A person in a white robe with their back to the camera stands on the sidewalk in bare feet while handcuffed in front of what appears to be a townhouse. Several police officers are shown, some near the arrested person and some near a police vehicle.

Police in two cases in the United States, and one in France, allege that brutal assaults were tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from behind computer screens and into the real world as the largely unregulated currency surges in value.

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