They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his wife were killed in Dubai

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They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his
Roman Novak and Anna

Russian couple Roman Novak and his wife Anna were kidnapped, dismembered and then buried in the desert of the United Arab Emirates by a gang seeking to take a "treasure" of cryptocurrency.

The news was first reported by the Russian news site Fontanka, according to which Roman Novak, a Russian citizen who had raised $500 million through a fraudulent cryptocurrency app and then absconded with investors' money, was killed and dismembered along with his wife Anna after angry kidnappers discovered that his cryptocurrency wallet was empty.

The couple had been missing for more than a month. They were last seen on October 2, after being lured to a mountain resort outside Dubai by criminals posing as potential investors.

Their driver had accompanied them to a tourist spot, where they would then take another car for a supposed trip. After that, contact with them was cut off, except for a message in which Novak claimed to be stranded somewhere near the Omani border and urgently needed a large sum of money. Then, total silence.

They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his

Investigations revealed the movements of their phone in various areas: the Hatta region, the territory of Oman and the city of Cape Town. It is suspected that the phone was in the hands of the killers, who were trying to mislead investigators.

The couple are believed to have been lured to a villa in the city of Hatta, where they were held hostage while the kidnappers demanded the password to Novak's cryptocurrency wallet. When they discovered the wallet was empty, the criminals allegedly killed them and dismembered their bodies, scattering the parts in trash bins near a shopping mall.

The mystery was solved with the discovery of remains and the arrest of suspects in Russia. Among them were two former soldiers from the war in Ukraine and a former police officer turned drug trafficker.

They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his

The end of a story of deception that cost him his life

The murder appears to be the end of a complicated story. Novak had convinced many people in Asia and the Middle East to invest in a cryptocurrency project that turned out to be a scam. He was under investigation for the case, which highlighted his role as a manipulator, with a history of scams in which he claimed connections to sheikhs and billionaires.

They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his

Novak was one of many characters who used Dubai as a base for their fraudulent schemes, flaunting their wealth, real or fake, on social media. Novak and his wife displayed photos of themselves in Dubai with fast cars and private jets. As the NYP writes, they often posted photos of themselves in a Rolls-Royce and a classic British Cobra car worth a total of $1.9 million, as well as trips to Disneyland and other tourist destinations.

They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his

Eight people have been arrested in connection with the couple's disappearance and murder, including former investors defrauded by Novak and a former employee of Vladimir Putin's Interior Ministry.

They kidnapped and dismembered them, how the Russian cryptocurrency boss and his

Three people are suspected of carrying out the murder, while four others are accused of participating in its planning, through the purchase of knives believed to have been used in the crime. The role of the eighth has not yet been revealed.



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