Five suspects have been taken into custody, while one more has been declared wanted. All six are charged with abuse of power (part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code).
Earlier, the main department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that in one of the Moscow airports, police detained a 25-year-old native of Irkutsk, who is suspected of stealing cryptocurrency worth 21.4 million rubles.
The Russian world champion in taekwondo has been accused of crypto fraud.
According to the investigation, the organizer of the criminal group, which consisted of several former police officers, found people engaged in cryptocurrency transactions and having large amounts of cash
