US EditionCrypto Millionaires Sent Desperate Messages Before Their Dismembered Bodies Were Found
Roman Novak was under investigation for a $499 million crypto fraud when he and his wife were found dismembered, with suspects detained and facing extradition.
- Roman Novak, a Russian crypto millionaire, and his wife Anna Novak were found dismembered and buried in the desert near Dubai, about a month after they were reported missing in early October.
- Roman Novak was under investigation for allegedly defrauding crypto investors of more than US$499 million and faced a 2020 fraud conviction and six-year sentence.
- Investigators say suspects rented vehicles and premises used to detain the victims by force and disposed of weapons and personal belongings in several areas of the United Arab Emirates.
- Mrs Novak's father and stepmother travelled to Dubai to care for their underage grandchild after the couple went missing, while victims reportedly included businessmen from China and the Middle East.
- Phone-Trace data and Novak's public profile provide wider context for investigators, with mobile phone signals traced to Hatta, Oman and Cape Town, lost on Oct 4, and social media posts showing luxury cars and private jets alongside ties to Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram.
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Missing 38-year-old Russian multimillionaire Roman Novak and his wife Anna, who is a year younger than him, have been found dead after more than a month of searching. Investigators discovered the remains of the two bodies in a container near a shopping mall in the city of Hatta in the United Arab Emirates.
Bodies of crypto millionaire Roman Nova and his wife Anna found dismembered, buried in desert
The dismembered bodies of a self-proclaimed cryptocurrency millionaire and his wife have been discovered buried in the Dubai desert, in what police are describing as a shocking and premeditated double murder. Roman and Anna Novak vanished after reportedly travelling to meet investors in Hatta, near the Oman border. Their personal driver told police he had dropped them off at a car park, where they were transferred to another vehicle for the meet…
The couple were kidnapped by a gang of two war veterans in Ukraine and a former police officer turned drug trafficker who killed their lives after discovering that their apparent fortune did not exist and could not demand a ransom for them.
The Russian millionaire Roman Novak was known for his debauchery. Now the 38-year-old was found dead together with his wife in the desert. Both were abducted and cruelly dismembered.
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