Billionaire Teddy Sagi, founder of Playtech and investor in Distributed Lab, escaped an assassination attempt in Cyprus.
According to местных СМИ, Sagi was targeted because of debts to Russian partners. In Cyprus, he faced a hitman of Azerbaijani origin. It is reported that the killer held a Russian passport.
Local security services managed to warn the billionaire about the planned attack, and he left the country. Cypriot media reported the arrest of the alleged killer.
The attempted attack on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office was назвали a terrorist act organized by Iran against Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus. Authorities believe there were other targets besides Sagi.
The Iranian Embassy in Cyprus rejected the accusation, назвав it unfounded.
In Sagi Group, Teddy Sagi’s company, they also отрицают that the billionaire was the target of the killer:
«This was a thwarted terrorist act by Iran. The target is not Teddy Sagi, but Israelis in Cyprus».
According to Forbes, Sagi’s fortune stands at $5.6 billion. He is one of Israel’s wealthiest people.
The entrepreneur invested in the blockchain company Distributed Lab in 2018.
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