Russian crypto billionaire dies in accident, possibly related to intelligence agencies

ChainCatcher news, Libertex founder Vyacheslav Taran recently died in a helicopter crash in France. At the time of the accident, he was aboard a Monaco Air H130 helicopter traveling from Lausanne, Switzerland.

It is reported that Taran was a Russian crypto billionaire who had long been active in Monaco. Ukrainian sources claim that he had connections with Moscow's intelligence agencies. The Kyiv news agency UNIAN stated that Taran may have links to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and was responsible for "laundering Russian funds through a cryptocurrency operating system." (source link)