{"id":86641,"date":"2026-04-27T05:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=86641"},"modified":"2026-04-27T05:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:31:34","slug":"telegram-founder-pavel-durov-alleges-french-officials-complicit-in-rising-crypto-kidnappings-in-the-country-they-are-selling-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=86641","title":{"rendered":"Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Alleges French Officials Complicit In Rising Crypto Kidnappings In The Country: They Are &#8216;Selling&#8217; Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Telegram<\/strong> founder <strong>Pavel Durov<\/strong> made a bold allegation against French authorities on Friday, linking the wave of cryptocurrency-related kidnappings to tax officials \u201cselling\u201d data to criminals.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Allegations Focus on Tax Data and Criminal Targeting<\/h2>\n<p>In an X post, Durov stated that French tax officials are selling details of cryptocurrency holders to criminals, all while failing to fix \u201cmassive\u201d breaches in their tax databases.<\/p>\n<p>France has seen more than 40 cases of kidnappings or hostage takings linked to cryptocurrencies since the beginning of the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/police-and-justice\/article\/2026\/04\/16\/france-reports-over-40-cryptocurrency-kidnappings-so-far-this-year_6752508_105.html\">according <\/a>to Le Monde, one of France\u2019s most widely read newspapers. Most incidents have targeted wealthy cryptocurrency individuals and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a French tax official, <strong>Ghalia C.,<\/strong> was charged with illegally using government software to find addresses and assets of cryptocurrency investors, then selling that data to organized crime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/faits-divers\/lagente-du-fisc-ciblait-gardiens-de-prison-et-investisseurs-en-cryptomonnaie-pour-un-mysterieux-commanditaire-06-01-2026-WYVSPSJXYFCUFND23GKKJR3D6Y.php\">according <\/a>to Le Parisien.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, reports of data breaches have also been reported. Earlier this month, the National Agency for Secure Documents <a href=\"https:\/\/ants.gouv.fr\/toute-l-actualite\/incident-de-securite-relatif-au-portail-antsgouvfr\">confirmed <\/a>a security incident potentially exposing personal and professional account data on the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/52054055\/pavel-durov-france-crypto-kidnappings-data-leaks-officials-selling-data-allegations?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Telegram\" founder pavel durov alleges french officials complicit in rising crypto kidnappings the country: they are data>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telegram founder Pavel Durov made a bold allegation against French authorities on Friday, linking the wave of cryptocurrency-related kidnappings to tax officials \u201cselling\u201d data to criminals. Allegations Focus on Tax Data and Criminal Targeting In an X post, Durov stated that French tax officials are selling details of cryptocurrency holders to criminals, all while failing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-86641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}