One of the criminal brains stopped. A 24-year-old Franco-Moroccan, Badiss Mohammed Bajjouhas become one of the most sought -after criminals in France due to its presumed involvement in a series of violent abductions people linked to the cryptocurrency sector. The latter was Decree in Moroccowhich should make it possible to learn more about this international criminal network which targets the owners of Cryptos.
- A Franco-Moroccan, Badiss Mohammed Bajjou, was arrested in Morocco for his presumed role in violent kidnappings related to cryptos.
- This arrest reveals a little more a structured international criminal network, using recruitment methods via social networks and involving acts of physical torture.
A Franco-Moroccan criminal wanted internationally for his « crypto-rapts »
It is the newspaper Le Parisien that revealed arrestthis June 3, 2025, of Badiss Mohammed Bajjou by Moroccan authorities. The individual is therefore suspected of being the sponsor of several kidnappings and attempted people in connection with cryptocurrency. The Parisian uses the term » cryptocurrency To qualify these targeted kidnappings.
Suspected From the summer of 2023 for having ordered a violent abstract in Élancourt (Yvelines) – involving the attack of a 56 -year -old woman to extort a ransom in cryptocurrencies to her son -, Badiss Mohammed Bajjou was later targeted by international arrest warrants For extortion and sequestration in organized band.
Its arrest in northern Morocco was made possible thanks to a cooperation justice and police forces in the two countries and a Interpol red sheet.
Nearly 30 individuals arrested following this wave of Cryptos kidnapping in France
Since 2023, Badiss Mohammed Bajjou had therefore « specialized » in crypto -raptures. The most striking case concerns David Balland, co -founder of Ledger, kidnapped and mutilated in 2025 For a ransom of 3 million euros in cryptocurrency. Although the majority of funds have been blockedthis case revealed the extent of the criminal organization structuredmanaged from Morocco.
The sponsor recruited young people known for their violence via social networks. There Brigade of repression of banditry (BRB) So now arrested around thirty suspectsincluding minors, and foiled a double kidnapping near Nantes at the end of May.
Badiss Mohammed Bajjou would not however be the only brain of these violent abductions, almost questioning of the physical torture in addition to psychological trauma. Indeed, Another Franco-Moroccanaged in his forties, would also draw the strings from these acts of barbaries.
Under the pressure actors in the cryptocurrency sector, and in the face of multiplication From these crypto -raptures, the French authorities have finally ended up reacting. The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, presented the basics of a security response To start stemming this phenomenon of » Mexicanization From France, which is added to the growing problem of drug trafficking in the country.