{"id":53137,"date":"2021-11-18T18:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T16:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53137"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:42:56","slug":"fraud-linked-to-launches-of-fake-cryptocurrencies-on-the-rise-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/fraud-linked-to-launches-of-fake-cryptocurrencies-on-the-rise-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud linked to launches of fake cryptocurrencies on the rise in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malicious actors have begun using the initial coin offering (<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-an-ico-and-can-you-profit-from-it\">ICO<\/a>) to deceive Russians. This was stated by Stanislav Kuznetsov, deputy chairman of the board of Sber, <a href=\"https:\/\/iz.ru\/1251328\/natalia-ilina\/monetnyi-vor-u-rossiian-stali-krast-dengi-pri-zapuske-feikovykh-kriptovaliut\">\u043f\u0438\u0448\u0443\u0442<\/a> \u00ab\u0418\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u044f\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the scammers persuade citizens to invest in new tokens, but the funds cannot be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00ab\u041e\u043d\u0438 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0443 \u0441 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c \u0438\u043d\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u0443 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0430\u043f\u0430 \u0438 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u044e\u0442 \u0441\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0443, \u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0434\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0437\u044c\u00bb, \u2013 \u043f\u043e\u044f\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043b \u041a\u0443\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0446\u043e\u0432.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Central Bank of Russia told the publication that a similar scheme is used in the creation of pyramid schemes. Such organisations often operate from overseas jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00ab\u041d\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f ICO \u0431\u044b\u043b\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0440\u043d\u044b\u043c \u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0434\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u00ab\u0445\u0430\u0439\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0443\u044e\u00bb \u0438\u0434\u0435\u044e, \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f\u00bb, \u2013 \u0443\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0440\u0435\u0433\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0435.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A new wave of popularity for this type of fraud began in autumn 2021, amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-price-hits-all-time-high-at-69000\">record-high price of Bitcoin<\/a> and rising market capitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the central bank put eight companies on the blacklist, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bank-of-russia-blacklists-eight-firms-offering-earnings-from-bitcoin\">offering \u201cearnings from Bitcoin\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malicious actors have again begun using initial coin offerings (ICO) to deceive Russians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,319,1138,1163,27],"class_list":["post-53137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-ico","tag-opinions","tag-ponzi-schemes","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"36","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53139,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53137\/revisions\/53139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}