Convicted Russian crypto scammer and his wife found murdered in the UAE
Russian entrepreneur Roman Novak, a convicted crypto fraudster, and his wife Anna were abducted and found murdered in the United Arab Emirates, after a plot linked to ransom demands and digital assets went awry.
Roman Novak was well known across St. Petersburg for defrauding investors out of millions from his various crypto ventures. After being sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for large-scale fraud in 2020, Novak relocated to Dubai, creating the Fintopio crypto app and allegedly raising hundreds of millions from new investors.
In early October, Novak and his wife set out for what appeared to be a promising investor meeting near Hatta, close to the UAE-Oman border. Instead, they switched vehicles, leaving their driver behind,…
