- Unknown attackers in Moscow took over $ 1 million worth of crypto from a businessman who traded the Tether cryptocurrency immediately after the deal was concluded.
- This was announced on Wednesday, December 15, by a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies.
- In October, he was going to sell over a million digital “coins” Tether. He came to close the deal with his regular customer, who brought over a million dollars in his bag.
Unknown attackers in Moscow took over $ 1 million worth of crypto from a businessman who traded the Tether cryptocurrency immediately after the deal was concluded. This was announced on Wednesday, December 15, by a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies.
According to REN TV , the police received a statement from the victim on December 14. According to the 29-year-old businessman, he has been trading cryptocurrency for several years. In October, he was going to sell over a million digital “coins” Tether. He came to close the deal with his regular customer, who brought over a million dollars in his bag. After that, he transferred the balance of the debt for these funds to the client.
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After the deal was concluded, two unknown persons rushed into the office screaming, grabbed the money and handed it to the buyer of the cryptocurrency, after which all three fled.
A businessman and a colleague followed them, but they began to threaten with the use of weapons , the businessman called his regular client, and he said that his security service worked, and promised to return the money at a new meeting. After that, he stopped communicating.
Tether is a cryptocurrency token issued by Tether Limited, which claims 20% of its value is backed by the reserves of US dollars held in its bank accounts.
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Earlier on December 15, Analyst Viktor Pershikov, in an interview with the 360 TV channel , said that the legalization of cryptocurrency mining will not happen soon, because the laws that could provide it are not yet ready. He noted that the regulation and legalization of the mining industry would be beneficial both for the state and for the miners themselves, who would like to receive a protected status for their business.
On December 9, Mikhail Khardikov, head of the energy business at En +, told Izvestia that the growth in electricity consumption by miners under the guise of “population” in 2021 in the country as a whole could be more than 20%.
As a result, due to the rapid growth of shadow mining of cryptocurrency, which creates an excessive load on the country’s energy system and is not regulated by legislation, in the coming years, Russians may face massive power outages.
