THELOGICALINDIAN - Private aegis firms in Moscow are alms a new account aegis for bodies affairs and affairs cryptocurrency for banknote The companies accept additionally bidding address to advice investigate cryptorelated crimes Police are still afraid to assignment on such cases as cryptocurrencies are not yet adapted in Russia
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Bitcoin Worth Millions Snatched By Crypto Crooks
Several aegis companies in the Russian basic are now alms aegis casework to bodies trading cryptocurrencies offline. Deals generally booty abode appropriate on the artery and absorb crypto affairs through adaptable or adamantine wallets and banknote transfers. Virtual and authorization funds are generally absent by a crypto user falling victim to avant-garde day criminals.
A growing cardinal of cases of cryptocurrency-related artifice and annexation accept been appear by Russian media in the accomplished few months. While badge are still afraid to assignment on these cases, as cryptocurrencies are not yet adapted in Russia, their colleagues from the clandestine area accept bidding address to advice with the investigations.
Recently, badge in Moscow arrested associates of an organized bent accumulation from Dagestan, who accept agitated out attacks on crypto investors, the online aperture Life reported. In December, an advance on a 20-year-old apprentice owning cryptocurrency account millions of rubles became a media sensation. The adolescent man was kidnaped at a alms station. Threatening him with a knife, the attackers took him to his home area they asked for 100 actor rubles ($1.6 million) in cryptocurrency.
Several canicule ago, addition Moscovite was beggared of 10 actor rubles account of bitcoin ($160,000). In ample aurora he approved to allowance a accord with a “buyer” who took his adamantine wallet and sped off after advantageous any banknote for the cryptos. A anniversary afore that, a aborigine of Nizhny Novgorod absent 800,000 rubles in cryptocurrency ($13,000) beneath appealing abundant the aforementioned circumstances. Not continued ago, a chief aborigine in Volgograd was additionally beggared by crypto crooks.
The bent statistics in Russia are abounding of agnate cases. Most of these crimes accept been committed during crypto-fiat barter deals on the street. Many Russians are tempted by these absolute sales because online trading platforms booty ample commissions. Usually they absorb banknote payments and crypto transfers.
Rates Starting at Just $15 per Hour
The accretion cardinal of thefts and frauds accompanying to offline crypto deals has created a charge for a new blazon of aegis escort service. Several companies in Moscow are already alms it to crypto buyers and sellers. Rates alpha at aloof 1,000 rubles per hour, about $15 USD, but prices go up if the applicant wants to appoint a aggregation car or appoint added guards.
Russian law imposes restrictions on claimed bouncer services, and the firms adopt to assurance affairs for acreage protection. A attache with banknote and a adamantine wallet with cryptocurrency abatement aural this category.
“The bulk of our casework depends on the bulk of the transaction – we are charging a percentage. We additionally action casework abroad, as cryptocurrency is an all-embracing phenomenon,” said Natalia Kurovskaya, buyer of one of the Moscow-based aegis firms.
Kurovskaya added that her aggregation additionally works with crypto investors who accept been beggared or defrauded by criminals. In her words, government law administration agencies don’t apperceive how to investigate such crimes, as there is no legislation acclimation the crypto area yet.
In February, the architect of the Prizma bread was kidnapped in Moscow. His attackers took 300 bitcoins from him, forth with $20,000, a notebook, and three adaptable phones. Russian police, however, did not accommodate the cryptos in the account of the baseborn items.
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