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ForkLog 13 12.08.2021

Fox Group, BitRiver founder, funds LDPR’s pre-election campaign

Part of the funds for the LDPR's participation in the upcoming State Duma elections in the Russian Federation were transferred by the Fox Group, the founder of the BitRiver data-centers operator for cryptocurrency mining.

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ForkLog 11 12.08.2021

In Adygea, criminals extorted 5.2 million rubles from a victim under the pretext of cryptocurrency investments

A local resident in the Takhtamukaysky district contacted the police after becoming the victim of criminals who extorted more than 5 million rubles on the pretext of cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 23 11.08.2021

Co-founders of Finiko, the financial pyramid, have left Russia; authorities issue a wanted notice

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan has issued a search for the Finiko co-founders — Edward and Marat Sabirov, and Zygmunt Zygmuntovich.

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ForkLog 8 11.08.2021

In Moscow, police detained a suspect over a 6.7-million-ruble mining-equipment scam.

Moscow police detained a suspect in fraud and deception of a local resident for 6.7 million rubles. The information was reported by MVD Media.

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ForkLog 8 09.08.2021

Kamchatka region government foils Monero mining attempt

In the Kamchatka region, several civil servants installed software for cryptocurrency mining on the computers of the regional government.

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ForkLog 11 06.08.2021

Customers of hacked exchange bithub.im have received 2.1 million rubles

In the night of June 4–5, unknown hackers hacked the cryptocurrency exchange bithub.im and stole about 5 million rubles. To date, about half of the losses has been reimbursed to the victims.

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ForkLog 8 05.08.2021

Cryptocurrency scammers stole 3.6 million rubles from residents of Volgograd region

The Volgograd region police warned of an uptick in scammers offering citizens a way to profit from cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 13 05.08.2021

Kemerovo resident loses more than 700,000 rubles in attempt to buy mining equipment

A resident of Kemerovo reported to the police that an unknown person had stolen 700,000 rubles from him, with whom the victim had arranged to purchase cryptocurrency mining equipment. The incident was reported on the Ministry of Internal Affairs site.

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ForkLog 12 04.08.2021

Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office to recover $126.5 million from Telegram Open Network investor and Alfa-Bank

The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office has filed a suit against former Minister of Coordination of the Open Government Mikhail Abyzov and Alfa-Bank to recover funds for the state. They are connected with investments in the Telegram Open Network blockchain platform project (TON).

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ForkLog 12 03.08.2021

Moscow woman loses about 18 million rubles in Finiko investment scheme

A Moscow woman filed a police report after losing nearly 18 million rubles on Finiko pyramid investments.

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ForkLog 10 03.08.2021

Hackers linked to Chinese authorities attack Russian companies for the first time

The hacker group APT31, linked to the Chinese authorities, attacked Russian companies for the first time. Researchers from Positive Technologies reported this.

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ForkLog 20 02.08.2021

Court orders Sberbank to unblock Bitcoin seller’s accounts

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court ordered Sberbank to unblock the Revda resident's cards, who trades cryptocurrency on exchanges.

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