Former Spartak hockey player convicted of cryptocurrency fraud

The Presnensky court of Moscow pronounced the ex-chockey player Igor Musatov for fraud with cryptocurrencies. Musatova was sentenced to four years in prison in a general regime colony.

Ex-chockey player, previously speaker, including, For the best Russian Spartak clubs, "Salavat Yulaev", Ak Bars and Avangard, Arrested in September last year. Moreover, the crime itself occurred at the beginning 2018 of the year, when bitcoin was very popular.

Musatov agreed to sell bitcoins in the amount 45.3 million rubles, that at the rate on 19 february 2018 The year was about 81 BTC. The buyer was to be the owner of the capital's company for the development of software. At the same time, Musatov himself did not come to the deal, A certain man came instead, Called by an assistant athlete. The businessman gave this person money, However, bitcoins did not receive on his wallet. The hockey player has stopped in touch after that. In court, Musatov declared his innocence.

“Musatov Igor Maksimovich is found guilty of committing a crime, provided for. 4 Art. 159 UK RF (Particularly large fraud). He was sentenced to four years in prison in a penal colony of general regime ", -said the press secretary of the court Lela Kockya.

In September, the US Department of Justice accused
two citizens of Russia - a resident of Voronezh Danil Potekhin and Muscovite Dmitry Karasavidi - in the organization of a long -term fraudulent scheme. They launched fake sites of cryptocurrency exchanges Poloniex, Binance and Gemini in order to obtain accounting data of users of these sites. After that, they withdrew cryptocurrencies from the wallets of the victims.