Impersonators posing as officers force French couple to transfer nearly €900K in Bitcoin at knifepoint

Three individuals who identified themselves as police officers forced a couple in their late fifties at knifepoint to transfer roughly €900,000 (about $980,000) in Bitcoin during an early-morning home invasion in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, west of Paris, according to multiple reports ^[1][3].

French outlets say the attackers arrived at the home, the woman opened the door after they claimed to be officers, and the pair were held hostage while being compelled to move the crypto funds; the operation has been described as a well-planned fake-police raid ^[3][4].

Crypto-focused publications and local reporting characterize the case as part of a rise in so-called wrench attacks—robberies that target holders of private keys or access to wallets—while noting that publicly available reports provide limited detail on suspects or recovery of funds ^[1][2][5].

Cited reports place the theft at roughly €900,000 (~$980,000) in Bitcoin; the incident has been widely reported by national and crypto outlets as a violent fake-police robbery ^[1][3].