Morning Edition · Thursday, July 30, 2026Published at 1:29 AM EDT · New York
Russia Detains BitRiver Founder in Mining-Equipment Fraud Case and Targets Telegram's Durov
Igor Runets was moved to pretrial detention over an alleged 1 billion ruble fraud as prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant for Pavel Durov.
Russian authorities moved BitRiver founder Igor Runets into pretrial detention as investigators examine an alleged fraud of about 1 billion rubles, roughly 7.9 million dollars, tied to mining equipment. BitRiver is one of Russia's larger cr…
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