Crypto exchange CEO’s daughter fights off brazen kidnappers in Paris

Paymium CEO Pierre Noizat's daughter and her son were attacked in broad daylight, the latest of a growing trend of attacks against crypto entrepreneurs and their families.

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A brazen attempt to kidnap the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, the co-founder and CEO of French crypto exchange Paymium, was foiled after the daughter and passersby reportedly fought off the kidnappers.

Three masked men attacked Noizat’s daughter and a male partner on May 13 while she was walking with her son in Paris’ 11th district. The assailants tried to force Noizat’s daughter and her son into a waiting van, the French state-owned media outlet France24 reported on May 13.

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