Pavel Nyashin a Russian crypto investor and blogger was attacked and robbed on the night of Jan. 14 in his home in Leningrad Oblast. According to the local media the attackers stole 24 million rubles ($425,000).
Nyashin, 24, is a self-made crypto millionaire and founder of a YouTube channel on crypto trading which has 15,000 subscribers. According to local media, the crypto investor was fond of “boasting” about his gains, and would show off his wealth online and at blogger meets, which might have made him a target.
Nyashin was tied and beaten while a group of masked assailants stole a safe containing cash and “essential documents.”