After the attempted robbery, the perpetrators attempted to flee to Lyon, but police met them at the train station.

The head of the French platform Binance, David Prensi, was the subject of an attempted robbery. According to local publication RTL, the group made two unsuccessful attempts but was caught while escaping.

Their first attack took place near Paris, in the Val-de-Marne department, on February 12 at around 7:00 AM. Three armed, masked men broke into an apartment building with guns and, after breaking into their chosen apartment, discovered that their intended victim was gone. They stole two mobile phones and then fled.

Around 9:00 AM, police received a call from another address: a woman in the neighboring department of Hauts-de-Seine reported being hit on the head with a rifle butt by unknown, hooded men who had broken in while discussing how they had arrived at the wrong address again.

Using CCTV footage, police determined that the perpetrators in the second incident were using the same car as in the first attack. Both phones stolen that morning also revealed their geolocation to a second address.

Several police units were mobilized for the pursuit, but capturing the perpetrators proved easy, the publication reports. The robbers boarded a train to Lyon, where they were taken into custody on the train platform upon arrival. According to local media, an unloaded 7.56-caliber pistol with ammunition was found in the sock of one of them.

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After news of the attack on Prency, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao wrote that he was glad to hear that David was safe and sound, and emphasized the importance of privacy and security.

The number of physical attacks against people in the crypto industry, particularly in France, continues to rise. Security expert Jameson Lopp maintains a publicly available database of physical attacks on cryptocurrency owners worldwide. The list includes 32 incidents in 2024 and 74 in 2025. Since the beginning of 2026, 12 attacks have been recorded, not including yesterday's, nine of which were committed in France.