Russian Cryptocurrency Fraudster Kidnapped in Dubai and Murdered for Not Paying the Ransom

It was revealed that Russian cryptocurrency fraudster Roman Novak and his wife Anna, who had been wanted for some time, were killed after being kidnapped for ransom in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The attack on the couple was reportedly linked to a ransomware attack on digital ￰0￱ to local media, Novak, who was convicted of large-scale fraud in ￰1￱ and subsequently moved to Dubai, raised hundreds of millions of dollars from new investors through his crypto payment app, ￰2￱ and his wife disappeared after attending an investment conference in early ￰3￱ to the investigation, the couple was abducted by the suspects after being lured to a rented ￰4￱ perpetrators reportedly demanded Novak access to a large amount of crypto assets, but when he refused, the couple was ￰5￱ News: This Year's Bitcoin Data for November Is Unusual - Here's a Comparison with Previous Years A total of seven suspects were detained in the UAE and ￰6￱ suspects, identified as Russian citizens, are expected to be extradited to ￰7￱ ￰8￱ Novak and his wife's disappearance, smartphone signals were reportedly detected for several days, first in the Hatta region of the UAE and Oman, and then in Cape Town, South Africa, before being completely cut off on October 4.

Anna's father and stepmother reportedly traveled to Dubai to retrieve the couple's young ￰9￱ family declined to comment further to the press due to the ongoing ￰10￱ Novak was sentenced to six years in prison for fraud in 2020, and later settled in Dubai, presenting himself as a successful crypto investor and founder of the Fintopio platform, which he claimed offered fast ￰11￱ Reading: Russian Cryptocurrency Fraudster Kidnapped in Dubai and Murdered for Not Paying the Ransom