Nobody Kidnapped Ledger Co-Founder Eric Larchevêque
Oddly enough, the story of Ledger co-founder Eric Larchevêque’s alleged kidnapping is clearly a hoax. Little information is available about LarchevêqueThe current whereabouts are just that a “Justice for Eric” meme coin crashed after its launch.
The bizarre incident broke out like wildfire on encrypted social media, apparently without any evidence.
who kidnapped Eric Lacevic?
ledger, a Hardware wallet company based in Franceencountered some difficulties recently. it is Recent major headlines related to phishing Scam Target its users. Today’s events, however, are even more dramatic.
According to local mediaLater, Ledger co-founder Eric Larchevêque was kidnapped. The report even claims that criminals are demanding Bitcoin as ransom.
The incident raised many questions. First, Larchevêque did not participate in Ledger Since resigning in 2019. The kidnapping appears to have been staged, but the origins of this claim are strange.
Although rumors are spreading like wildfire on social media, Lacevic has not made any posts clarifying his current status. He is a fairly active user on X (formerly Twitter), but his last post was 24 hours ago.
Instead, local crypto journalist Gregory Raymond point out This is a scam.
“We can guarantee that Eric Larchevêque (co-founder of Ledger) is not involved in the kidnapping rumors surrounding him. Please be careful about publishing information that could threaten ongoing investigations in France and possibly even the lives of others,” Ray Mond claimed.
he additional “Eric is safe,” but could not convey any other updates. This news did not alleviate society’s concerns, but instead raised further questions.
If Larchevêque was not a party to the kidnapping, who was? Who would pretend to kidnap a former Ledger employee?
The company has Controversial In recent years, but this incident cake. Ledger’s new CEO as Larchevêque and original founders depart received a lot of negative press Exceed Safety worries.
Additionally, as early as 2023, the company Large-scale layoffs were carried out. Such questions, however, do not explain the fake kidnapping scandal.
Meanwhile, the story spread quickly enough for meme coin enthusiasts to jump on board. an anonymous user roll out A “Justice for Eric” meme coin Solanabut its market value plummeted almost immediately.
Whoever started it probably had absolutely nothing to do with the incident and just wanted to have a quick laugh. It still doesn’t answer any of the biggest unanswered questions.
Ultimately, wherever Larchevêque is, or wherever Ledger’s name keeps popping up, the scam highlights A growing problem in the cryptocurrency space. Several popular X accounts immediately began spreading the kidnapping story, despite having no evidence.
The whole thing may have been more of a misunderstanding than a deliberate hoax, but it still spread like wildfire. The correct details of the story only emerged when Larchevêque updated it on social media.
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