Buyer of Jack Dorsey's first tweet arrested on fraud charges – Bits Media

Sina Estavi, founder of the Malaysian startup Bridge Oracle, who bought Jack Dorsey's first tweet token for $2.5 million, arrested in Iran on fraud charges.

On behalf of Sina Estavi (Sina Estavi) a message was posted on Twitter, that the account holder has been arrested According to the decision of the special court for Iran’s economic crimes for violating the country's economic system. A few hours later, this tweet was removed.

On the website of the Investigation Center for organized cybercrifts, Units of the Corps of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, A message about the detention of several employees of the cryptocurrency project Bridge Oracle was also published. Investigation against him was initiated nine months ago.

Unknown, Was the detainees itself Estavi himself, However, local media confirmed his arrest. Besides, The center’s statement indicates, that the startup Bridge Oracle is illegal and unreliable. Users are recommended to be cautioned when interacting with cryptocurrency projects, In order not to suffer from the actions of scammers, enjoying the financial illiteracy of people and the lack of knowledge about investments.

Estavi also controls the Cryptoland Malaysian cryptocurrency exchange. In March, Estavi won the auction for the sale of the first message of the founder of Twitter Jack Dorsie (Jack Dorsey) v They see non-interested tokens (NFT), Having competed for him with the head of Tron Justin San (Justin Sun). Estavi compared this tweet with the painting "Mona Lisa" Leonardo da Vinci, calling it "a fragment of the history of mankind". Soon after the purchase of Twita Dorsi, Bridge Oracle users began to blame Estavi of fraud and misleading investors on Twitter.

In recent months, various accusations have begun to act against Estavi. So, In January, the co -founder of Bitcoin.com Mait Tokei (Mate Tokay) sued the vesti for that, that he could not pay for his services for providing Bridge project consultations, as well as for using his name to promote this project and BRG cryptocurrency.

The situation was aggravated after, as an Iranian cryptocurrency researcher Kave Moshtak (Kave moshtaq) reported, that in April Estaby "set the bandits on him", to intimidate it by the building of the Iranian court. Moshtak published a photo of his bloodied face with an assignment, that five motorcyclists beat him. After that, Moshtak went to court, By sending a complaint about Estavi.

Having received many complaints against Bridge Oracle, Cryptoland and Estavi himself, The Iranian blockchain development association required, so that Estavi and his prosecutors provide more detailed information and the necessary documents. Now there is a message on the Cryptoland website, that access to it is prohibited, And the BRG course fell with $0.12 up to $ 0.02 immediately after the publication of the tweet on the arrest of Estavi.

Recall, that in April, employees of Turkish cryptocurrency exchanges Vebitcoin and Thudex were also arrested on suspicion of fraud.