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| A couple in the UAE were kidnapped and killed over cryptocurrency | |
| 2025-11-08 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russian law enforcement officers have detained several members of a criminal group suspected of kidnapping and murdering two Russians in the United Arab Emirates for cryptocurrency. This was reported on November 7 by Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Irina Volk. "According to available information, in October of this year, the suspects kidnapped a man and his wife in a foreign country in order to extort cryptocurrency. The perpetrators subsequently killed both victims and buried their bodies in a deserted area," Volk stated on MAX.
Earlier, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg remanded three defendants in the case — Konstantin Shakht, Yuri Sharypov, and Vladimir Dalekin. Shakht pleaded not guilty, Sharypov partially admitted his guilt, and Dalekin fully admitted his guilt and did not object to pretrial detention. All three have been remanded in custody until December 28, 2025. Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee published a theory that the couple was scheduled to meet with unidentified investors in the city of Hatta on October 2. A personal driver drove them to a parking lot near a lake, where they transferred to another car and drove off to the meeting. After that, contact with them was lost. Earlier, media reported the disappearance and murder of a married couple in the UAE: crypto trader Roman Novak, convicted of large-scale fraud, and his wife Anna. | |
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