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The final social media post of cryptocurrency millionaire Roman Novak, dedicated to his wife Anna, has resurfaced after the couple was found dead under tragic circumstances in the Dubai desert. Roman, 38, and Anna Novak, 37, a former Russian TV reporter, were reported missing in October. Their bodies were discovered in November in a remote area near the UAE-Oman border. Authorities allege the couple was lured to a villa by men posing as investors, tortured in an attempt to access their crypto wealth, and killed. Investigation and Motive Three suspects have been detained in St. Petersburg, Russia. Reports indicate the kidnappers demanded a large ransom and tortured the couple for access to their cryptocurrency wallets, which were allegedly found empty. Roman Novak, founder of crypto transfer company Fintopio, had a reported fortune of £380 million but also a history of financial fraud, having previously received a six-year prison sentence. A Final Tri...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian student, the son of a deputy mayor, has been found burned to death in Vienna in a brutal murder that Austrian police believe was motivated by the extortion of a large sum of cryptocurrency. A brutal murder in Vienna has shocked Austria and Ukraine, as a young student was tortured and set on fire in what authorities allege was an extortion plot targeting his cryptocurrency holdings. The victim, Danilo Kuzmin, 21, was the son of Sergey Kuzmin, the deputy mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine. He had been living in Vienna since fleeing the Russian invasion. His charred remains were discovered last Wednesday in the back seat of his father's burned-out Mercedes, which had been abandoned under a bridge. An autopsy revealed that before being set alight, Kuzmin suffered severe blunt force trauma, including head injuries and broken teeth. He ultimately died from suffocation or heat shock shortly after the fire started. A melted petrol canister...