LYON: French authorities have arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive last week for around 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors told AFP on Sunday. The arrests of four men and one woman followed the discovery of the 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother on Friday, found injured in a garage in the southeastern Drome department, the Lyon public prosecutor’s office said.

The two women were kidnapped on Wednesday night. The judge's partner is an active investor in the cryptocurrency sector.

LYON: French authorities have arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive last week for around 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors…

The suspects were taken into custody following the discovery of the 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother on Friday morning, found injured in a garage in the…