BitRiver Founder Igor Runets Jailed on $12.5 Million Fraud Charges Ahead of Trial
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5 outlets - including Coinotag, Cryptonomist and Crypto-economy and 2 more - are covering this story. Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC), the largest proof-of-work network, is facing a reputational spillover from Russia’s industrial mining sector after Igor Runets, founder of BitRiver, was transferred from ...
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Bitcoin Miner BitRiver Founder Jailed in $12.5M Fraud Case
Crypto News Bitcoin (BTC), the largest proof-of-work network, is facing a reputational spillover from Russia’s industrial mining sector after Igor Runets, founder of BitRiver, was transferred from ...
BitRiver fraud charges: founder jailed over $12.5M equipment deal
The founder of one of Russia’s largest crypto mining operations is now behind bars, and the charges against him read like a case study in high-stakes contract fraud. Igor Runets, who built BitRiver into a major player in the Russian crypto…
Russian Court Sends BitRiver Founder Igor Runets From House Arrest to Pre-Trial Detention
TL;DR Russian authorities transferred BitRiver founder Igor Runets from house arrest to pre-trial detention for at least two months while a fraud investigation continues in Moscow. Investigators allege an unfulfilled $8 million equipment co…
BitRiver CEO Igor Runets faces fraud charges in Russia
The founder and chief executive of the Russian Bitcoin mining giant BitRiver, Igor Runets, has been charged with large-scale fraud and remanded in custody. The crypto entrepreneur, who was detained earlier this year on tax evasion charges a…
BitRiver Founder Igor Runets Jailed on $12.5 Million Fraud Charges Ahead of Trial
BitcoinWorld BitRiver Founder Igor Runets Jailed on $12.5 Million Fraud Charges Ahead of Trial Igor Runets, the founder of Russian cryptocurrency mining firm BitRiver, has been placed in pretrial detention on fraud charges involving approxi…