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Moscow police detained employees of the Bybit crypto exchange. They are suspected of…
Moscow police detained employees of the Bybit crypto exchange. They are suspected of stealing 26 million rubles from the capital's convent.
The application was submitted by the head of the Stavropegial Convent – Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy of the Russian Orthodox Church. She said that on May 8, 26,433,509 rubles were written off from the organization’s bank account. After this, accountant Tatyana stopped communicating. The police later found her. It turned out that she had sent the amount to telephone scammers. In addition to the nuns' money, she gave her 1.8 million.
The day before, a 19-year-old student from Novosibirsk, Andrei R., was detained in Moscow. Along with him were several other people who were involved in Bybit. According to authorities, rubles were withdrawn through a crypto exchange. Exchange traders claim that they did not know about the origin of the money.
According to the lawyer of cryptocurrencies, Ignat Likhunov, the usual “triangle” occurred, thanks to which telephone scammers acquired crypto for themselves at the expense of the victims. He explained: he considers the actions of the investigation to be excessive. Nevertheless, we are ready to help in the investigation.
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The application was submitted by the head of the Stavropegial Convent – Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy of the Russian Orthodox Church. She said that on May 8, 26,433,509 rubles were written off from the organization’s bank account. After this, accountant Tatyana stopped communicating. The police later found her. It turned out that she had sent the amount to telephone scammers. In addition to the nuns' money, she gave her 1.8 million.
The day before, a 19-year-old student from Novosibirsk, Andrei R., was detained in Moscow. Along with him were several other people who were involved in Bybit. According to authorities, rubles were withdrawn through a crypto exchange. Exchange traders claim that they did not know about the origin of the money.
According to the lawyer of cryptocurrencies, Ignat Likhunov, the usual “triangle” occurred, thanks to which telephone scammers acquired crypto for themselves at the expense of the victims. He explained: he considers the actions of the investigation to be excessive. Nevertheless, we are ready to help in the investigation.
