According to the investigation, a resident of Irkutsk Roman Pichugin in 2021-2022, using advertising content on social networks, attracted to his own center for mining owners of equipment for the extraction of digital assets. The Russian prosecutor’s office emphasized that Pichugin acted not alone, but together with unidentified persons.
“Pichugin proposed to transfer mining equipment for temporary use to one of his potential customers. In fact, he did not fulfill his obligations, he did not return the property worth more than 3.6 million rubles, ”the department explained.
Since the suspect disappeared from the investigation, in December 2024 he was elected in absentia in the form of detention, he was put on the international wanted list. In Russia, he is accused of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The request for the issuance was sent in June in connection with the message about the detention of the accused in the territory of Cambodia.
Earlier, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation proposed a bill providing for fines for Russian companies and individuals for illegal mining and failure to provide data on cryptocurrency mined.
Source: Bits
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