{"id":17709,"date":"2025-12-10T22:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/founder-of-crypto-pyramid-scheme-finiko-deported-from-uae\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:26:22","slug":"founder-of-crypto-pyramid-scheme-finiko-deported-from-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/founder-of-crypto-pyramid-scheme-finiko-deported-from-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder of crypto pyramid scheme Finiko deported from UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The United Arab Emirates has deported a founder of Finiko, Russia\u2019s largest recent cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, Russian officials reported. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_cf239677d499a4442ae7f8842e7d69b9\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Details about the deported founder are not yet clear.<\/li>\n<li>Irina Volk, spokesperson for Russia\u2019s MVD, announced that a person accused of leading a criminal organization and committing large-scale fraud has been transferred to Russian custody at Dubai Airport. <\/li>\n<li>Finiko launched in Russia in 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The fraudulent project defrauded thousands of investors across the post-Soviet region and internationally, causing millions in losses. <\/p>\n<p>Details about the deported founder and the circumstances of the UAE extradition have not been disclosed, as authorities continue their investigation into the collapsed scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Irina Volk, spokesperson for Russia\u2019s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), reportedly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptopolitan.com\/founder-of-russias-massive-crypto-pyramid-finiko-deported-from-uae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> that a person accused of leading a criminal organization and committing large-scale fraud has been transferred to Russian custody at Dubai Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was handed over by UAE authorities to Russia\u2019s National Central Bureau, the country\u2019s Interpol office responsible for international police cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Finiko launched in Russia in 2018. Victims reportedly lost up to $95 million. In 2022, Interpol arrested the alleged leader, Edvard Sabirov, in the UAE. However, several other Finiko members remained at large.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates has deported a founder of Finiko, Russia\u2019s largest recent cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, Russian officials reported. Summary Details about the deported founder are not yet clear. Irina&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17711,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17709\/revisions\/17711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}