The court is aware that the sponsors of this abduction have not been found, but it considers that the declarations of the defendants, who would have themselves been threatened with death in order to execute the plan, were meaningless.
Cocaine at the port of Antwerp: a criminal organization that used heavily condemned helicopters
A minor also participated in the abduction, he was the subject of proceedings before the Youth Court. The three kidnappers will have to pay more than a million euros in civilian interests towards the victims. The Winkel couple were extremely traumatized by the facts and they were forced to move. In addition, his wife is still unable to work.
The cryptomillionaire has given up on his YouTube channel where he gave advice to the curious of cryptocurrency.
“A tragic event”
“Thanks to cryptos and my projects, I was 100 %free. I worked when I wanted, I was traveling, I was inno. But on December 20, a tragic event … my wife’s kidnapping upset everything, threatening this freedom. So I took the initiative to stop my public exhibition and take care of my family“writes Stéphane Winkel on Instagram.
The policeman who overturned little Fabian released under conditions: “Under conditions or not, that will not bring him his son,” comments Me Bulgar
In recent months, many cryptomillionaire families have been the target of thugs who intended to make a fortune with the ransom of removal. Last May, two parents and their child narrowly escaped the abduction committed in the middle of the afternoon in the streets of Paris. The week before, the father of an investor in cryptocurrencies had a finger cut by his captors south of Paris. In March, ten French suspects were arrested in Belgium, there too with the intention of removing a relative of a cryptocurrency established in Braine-l’Alleud. According to investigators, this criminal band provided for the installation of a torture chamber, given the equipment that was seized.
