The bomb threats appear to be related to the collapse of a cryptocurrency exchange in 2017. FMTNews
MOSCOW: Dozens of courts, kindergartens and malls in Russia’s largest cities were evacuated on Monday over anonymous bomb threats that appear to be related to the collapse of a cryptocurrency exchange in 2017, news agencies reported.
It estimated 770,000 people had been evacuated in Moscow and bomb threats had targeted some 8,000 buildings since then. The bomb threats, including those sent Monday, demand that Malofeyev pay back 120 bitcoins worth almost US$900,000, allegedly stolen from a crashed cryptocurrency exchange.
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