- Scammer preyed on rich Muscovites.
- Victims include award-winning actor Pavel Derevyanko.
- Fraudster has paid much of the money back, court hears.
A businessman who devised crypto schemes to defraud several wealthy Muscovites — including Pavel Derevyanko, one of Russia’s best-loved actors — will spend the next six years in prison.
Moscow’s Presnensky District Court found the man, Grigory Muluzyan, guilty of fraud “on an especially large scale,” the city’s prosecution service reported.
“Victims handed over their money to Muluzyan in cash during personal meetings at his office in Moscow,” prosecutors told the court. “He tricked them into believing they could increase their income by investing in cryptocurrency.”
The sentence…
