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Incident · SLOWMIST

Finiko

Scam
Estimated loss
$100.00M
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
RUG
RUGBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

The founder of one of Russia's largest cryptocurrency scams has been in jail for allegedly defrauding US$100 million from its investors. Finiko was established in Kazan in 2019 and pretended to be a legitimate BTC investment company. In December 2020, Finiko released its native digital currency FNK. According to local reports, the founders will take BTC from investors and reward them with FNK tokens. Attack method (per SlowMist): Scam. Reported loss: $ 100,000,000.

Primary source
https://coingeek.com/100m-btc-ponzi-scheme-finiko-founder-arrested-in-russia/
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Finiko
bug_class
rug
date_occurred
2021-08-20
loss_usd
$100,000,000
source_id
sm:finiko::2021-08-20
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