{"id":26603,"date":"2020-07-29T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26603"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:21:25","slug":"in-kyiv-suspects-in-a-series-of-explosions-detained-for-extorting-50-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/in-kyiv-suspects-in-a-series-of-explosions-detained-for-extorting-50-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"In Kyiv, suspects in a series of explosions detained for extorting 50 BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained two alleged organizers of a series of explosions in Kyiv, who were demanding 50 BTC (over $550,000 at the time of writing).<\/p>\n

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The SBU detained organizers of a series of explosions in Kyiv who demanded US$500,000<\/p>\n

The Security Service of Ukraine has established\u2026<\/p>\n

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According to investigators, two men detonated an explosion near Kyiv’s Shuliavska metro station and in one of the residential buildings.<\/p>\n

After the first blast, the suspects contacted the SBU and other government bodies, demanding that 50 bitcoins be transferred to them. They also posted advertisements with similar demands.<\/p>\n

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According to the SBU press service, after an anonymous call, law enforcement authorities neutralised two more explosive devices.<\/p>\n

Following 15 searches, physical evidence of the organisation of the blasts was seized.<\/p>\n

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\u00abThey [the suspects] studied the experience of criminals using cryptocurrencies of all kinds and hoped to go unpunished, receiving the money to an electronic wallet\u00bb, \u2014 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043b<\/span><\/a> on Facebook Deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The suspects face seven to twelve years in prison.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the SBU identified and stopped the work of an international network that helped \u201cconvert cryptocurrency from a dubious origin into cash.\u201d<\/p>\n

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