# Armed men force a foreign resident near Pattaya to transfer about $820,000 in crypto, a Telegram channel reports

The reported home invasion in Thailand came alongside a French case in which kidnappers held a 60-year-old gold trader for 18 days and took nearly €500,000, adding to a run of physical attacks on holders of liquid assets.

- Published: 2026-10-08T05:50:08.479Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-10-08/armed-men-force-a-foreign-resident-near-pattaya-to-transfer
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Khaosod English](https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/01/15/turkish-crypto-trader-robbed-by-countrymen-in-pattaya/)

Three armed men broke into a luxury villa in Nong Prue, near Pattaya in Thailand, at about 3:30 a.m. on October 6 and forced a foreign resident at gunpoint to transfer about $820,000 in crypto, according to the French-language Telegram chan…

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