In Kyiv, former Bitsonar employee and pyramid whistleblower abducted

On Wednesday, August 26, in Kyiv, unknown abductors kidnapped former Bitsonar pyramid employee Yaroslav Stadchenko (also known as Yan Novak). This happened at 23:05 at 13B Holosiivska Street. The kidnappers, according to Stadchenko’s wife, numbered seven.

Police announced in the city a plan called “Intercept,” but progress has yet to be made. According to данным украинских СМИ, the abduction could have been a security service operation, but this version has not yet been confirmed by law enforcement authorities.

Stadchenko is a former technical employee of the collapsed Bitsonar pyramid, which billed itself as an investment fund for algorithmic cryptocurrency trading.

It was he who exposed the fact that Bitsonar was a Ponzi scheme and named the real organizer — former Ukrainian official Alexander Tovstenko.

In an interview with ForkLog, Stadchenko himself claimed that Tovstenko has ties in security forces. He also said that Tovstenko set up one of the investors in Bitsonar, who, according to him, was owed hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“These guys were heading to Odessa in two cars: the man who provided the money, with his wife, and two of his friends who were not involved in this story at all. They housed Tovstenko in a hotel at their expense, he ate oysters for $50. One day, while they were walking in the park, a police van pulled up, plainclothes officers got out, showed their IDs and asked, “Sasha, are you okay?” and placed him in the van. Fifteen minutes later the CORD unit arrived and laid the police officers and the investor with his friends face down. So for Sasha this was premeditated, organized and approved by someone. Most likely, he paid someone in the authorities. No matter the cost, $30–50 thousand is still less than paying back $450 thousand.”

According to Stadchenko’s wife, before the abduction her husband intended to file complaints about Tovstenko with the Ukrainian police and the American FBI, since Bitsonar attracted funds from US residents.

She added that a few hours before the abduction Tovstenko’s lawyer Evgeny Evsyukov contacted Stadchenko’s lawyer to settle the conflict before filing the complaints.

Read more about the Bitsonar pyramid at the link.

Экзит-скам Bitsonar: как бывший украинский чиновник построил пирамиду, выдавая ее за инвестфонд

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