Belgium crypto kidnapping case leads to three 12-year jail sentences
After sentencing the three kidnappers to 12 years and ordering civil damages, the court noted the masterminds behind the attack remain at large.
A Belgian court has sentenced three people for their role in a cryptocurrency-related kidnapping targeting the wife of local crypto entrepreneur Stéphane Winkel.
The Brussels Criminal Court handed down 12-year prison sentences to three kidnappers who attacked Winkel’s wife in December 2024, the local news agency La Dernière Heure reported on Thursday.
The criminals were convicted of hostage-taking after abducting the victim outside her home, forcing her into a van and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency.
