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THE AXIS INFINITY GAME WAS HACKED THROUGH A FICTITIOUS VACANCY AND $625 MILLION WAS STOLEN

... crypto game Axie Infinity. The employee received an offer of employment from a ghost company through a specialized social network. After downloading a pdf file with a job offer, a program was introduced into the game system that allowed hacking and theft of a large sum. The blockchain of the game was attacked in March 2022, funds were stolen in digital currency. Later, the US authorities linked the incident to the activities of the North Korean hacker group Lazarus, but the details of the investigation ...

Stolen crypto assets worth a billion rubles were arrested in Russia for the first time

The decision of the St. Petersburg District Court for the first time allowed the investigation to arrest the digital assets of a citizen suspected of theft. The court concerned Ethereum cryptocurrency (“ether”, ETH), placed on 24 wallets. Considering that the very concept of “digital currency” is still missing in the legislation of the country, the court decision called crypto money “other property”....

The case of a ‘lemonade poisoner’ from Moscow sent for reconsideration

... heard the verdict back in May 2021. A series of poisonings, which the criminal committed at Chistye Prudy and in other parts of the capital, was recorded in court in the form of 25 cases of robbery. The court also charged Sabanov with 10 episodes of theft of money from the victims' bank accounts. In total, the ‘poisoner’ stole six passports, and the cases of fraud were proven. At the same time, the criminal partially admitted his guilt and expressed remorse. During the investigation, it turned out ...

THE EMPLOYEE OF ALROSA WILL BE SUED OVER CARRYING DIAMONDS WORTH 700 MLN RUBLES IN UNDERWEAR

... the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow. According to Kommersant, Kanunnikova sold diamonds with the help of four accomplices - some of the stones were sold to foreigners. All participants were accused of illegal circulation of precious stones and theft by an organized group on an especially large scale. In total, 1,027 diamonds were stolen. The Prosecutor General's Office asked for the maximum punishment for Kanunnikova herself - up to 10 years in prison. Her accomplices face sentences ranging ...

IN MOSCOW A FRAUDSTER DECEIVED CASH MAСHINE AND STOLE 1 MILLION RUBLES FROM IT

Law enforcement agencies of Moscow are looking for a fraudster who used counterfeit bills for the subsequent theft of funds through an ATM. The attacker deposited fake money, then transferred the electronic funds that appeared on his account to several other accounts, and then withdrew the entire amount from other ATMs. The total amount of the damage caused ...

CRIMINAL CASES INITIATED OVER EMBEZZLEMENT OF 16 MILLION RUBLES FROM ROSCOSMOS

... Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering. But the attackers passed off the activities of the organization for the work of the Center for Technical Re-equipment of the Space Flight Control Service (TSC), which appears in the agreements on the alleged theft of funds. As a result, 15.8 million rubles were transferred to the account of the TSC by means of the use of fake documents. On this fact, two criminal cases under the article “Fraud” were initiated.

THE OFFICIAL WAS CONVICTED OF BUTTER STEALING IN YAKUTIA

... Suntarsky district of Yakutia secretly stole almost two dozen boxes of butter with a total weight of 380 kg. The convicted entered the territory of one of the cooperatives located nearby, first in the afternoon, having specially prepared for the future theft - he pushed the CCTV camera aside with a stick, and then left. At night, the official returned, opened the warehouse and stole the butter worth 209,000 rubles. Subsequently, most of the stolen goods were sold in Yakutia, but the former deputy head ...

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