{"id":50487,"date":"2026-02-13T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=50487"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:10:26","slug":"binance-france-ceo-targeted-in-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/binance-france-ceo-targeted-in-invasion","title":{"rendered":"Binance France CEO Targeted in Failed Home Invasion Near Paris, Three Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Prin\u00e7ay, chief executive of Binance France, was the target of a failed home invasion near Paris on Feb. 12, according<\/a> to French outlet RTL<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three masked men forced entry into a residential building in Val-de-Marne during the early hours of the morning. The suspects entered the wrong apartment before reaching Prin\u00e7ay\u2019s residence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The executive was not home at the time but the group took two mobile phones and left the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police believe the same suspects carried out a second break-in attempt later that morning in Vaucresson, west of Paris. Reports said a resident was assaulted during the incident, which also appeared to involve an incorrect address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French authorities traced the stolen devices and reviewed surveillance footage to identify the suspects\u2019 movements. Investigators followed the group as they traveled by train toward Lyon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers from the Lyon BRI arrested the three men at Lyon Perrache station later that day. They were placed in custody while police continue their investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case involved coordination across several units, including Paris\u2019s anti-banditry brigade and departments in Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Yvelines, and transport police services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident adds to growing concern over attacks linked to cryptocurrency figures in France. The country has seen a rise in so-called \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d where criminals use threats or violence to obtain access to digital assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have not released further details on possible motives or connections. Binance has not issued a public comment on the break-in attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout 2025 and into this year, multiple kidnappings, ransom attempts<\/a>, and home invasions were reported against crypto holders and entrepreneurs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, a Hong Kong man was sentenced<\/a> to seven years in Canada for participating in a violent, sexually abusive home invasion that stole $1.6 million in Bitcoin from a British Columbia family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Binance\u2019s rocky relationship with the French government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

French authorities have investigated<\/a> Binance for alleged money laundering, tax fraud, and operating without proper registration before its May 2022 approval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Binance probe, intensified in early 2025, focused on suspected failures in anti-money laundering controls and the \u201cillegal\u201d provision of services, potentially linked to drug trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French authorities also recently raided X\u2019s Paris offices as part of a criminal investigation into allegations that the Grok AI chatbot was used to generate illegal child sexual abuse imagery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The probe was being coordinated with Europol and is examining the involvement of both current and former executives, including Elon Musk. X has denied any wrongdoing, calling the investigation politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Binance France CEO David Prin\u00e7ay was targeted in a failed home invasion near Paris on Feb. 12. French police arrested three suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3817,"featured_media":50488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4378],"tags":[826,1619,1319,3554],"class_list":["post-50487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-binance","tag-crime","tag-france","tag-paris"],"author_data":{"id":3817,"name":"Micah Zimmerman","nicename":"micahzimmerman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Micah_Zimmerman_Author_Image.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Binance-France-CEO-Targeted-in-Failed-Home-Invasion-Near-Paris-Three-Arrested.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}