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Three Jailed for Up to 30 Years in Bitcoin-Fueled Murder of Student

Judges ruled that the ex-partner masterminded the 2021 slaying to seize €200,000 in cryptocurrency.

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Overview

  • Mickaël Calabrese was sentenced to 30 years in prison with two-thirds security.
  • His accomplices, Dylan Hoguin and Benjamin Ardoin, each received 25-year terms.
  • Jonathan Calabrese, the mastermind’s twin brother, received five years for failing to prevent the attack.
  • The court heard that Arthuis was stabbed 46 times, drugged and dumped alive in a Haute-Saône pond in August 2021.
  • The defendants admitted planning the crime in May 2021 to steal nearly €200,000 in Bitcoin and blamed each other for the fatal wounds.