Following initial arrests reported last week, Spanish authorities have charged four more suspects in Denmark, fully dismantling a criminal network behind the April kidnapping and murder of a crypto holder near Málaga. The operation highlights rising 'wrench attacks' on digital asset owners.
As previously reported, in April a couple was ambushed in Mijas by masked gunmen, who shot the man in the leg, abducted them, and held them to extract cryptocurrency wallet access. The woman was released around midnight and reported to Málaga police; her partner's body was later found in woods with additional injuries.
Thursday's cross-border raids in Madrid and Málaga arrested five suspects and yielded handguns (one real, one fake), a baton, blood-stained clothes, phones, documents, and DNA evidence. Danish collaboration led to charges against four others, two already jailed for similar crimes.
Police describe the group as specialists in violent crypto thefts, part of a global 'wrench attack' trend where physical coercion bypasses digital security. This case spurs crypto community warnings on real-world risks.