Why Do Crypto Millionaires Keep Dying Under Mysterious Circumstances?

Over the weekend, 53-year-old Russian cryptocurrency millionaire, Vyacheslav Taran, was mysteriously killed in a helicopter crash.

Taran was the founder of Forex Club and president of the Libertex Group.

He was the only passenger in a Monacair helicopter which crashed near the French town of Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Local media, including France Bleu radio, say he was on board the helicopter with an experienced 35-year-old pilot in good weather en route to Monaco from Switzerland when the chopper crashed into a hillside.

It was also reported that another passenger had canceled at the last minute, but no details about that person have been released.

While law enforcement authorities have not indicated whether foul play was involved in the crash, many out there are wondering if there is some sort of curse or conspiracy surrounding crypto millionaires like Vyacheslav Taran.

Vyacheslav Taran is the third crypto millionaire to die in the past month

On November 23, Tiantian Kullander, the co-founder of Amber Group, shockingly died in his sleep at the age of 30.

On October 29, Nikolai Mushegian, a cryptocurrency developer, was found dead on a Puerto Rican beach after tweeting that he suspects the CIA and Mossad were going to kill him.

Michael Snyder, author of the new book End Times, wonders in a recently published article, “Is this just one giant coincidence, or is there some common denominator that links all three of them?”

Becca Monaghan of Indy100 asks, “Are crypto bosses ‘cursed’ after third death in a matter of weeks?”

Probably not, but that certainly doesn’t mean there aren’t a lot of shady things happening in the world of cryptocurrency.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 21 that two Estonian citizens were arrested on an 18 count indictment for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering conspiracy.

“The size and scope of the alleged scheme is truly astounding. These defendants capitalized on both the allure of cryptocurrency, and the mystery surrounding cryptocurrency mining, to commit an enormous Ponzi scheme,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown for the Western District of Washington. “They lured investors with false representations and then paid early investors off with money from those who invested later. They tried to hide their ill-gotten gain in Estonian properties, luxury cars, and bank accounts and virtual currency wallets around the world. U.S. and Estonian authorities are working to seize and restrain these assets and take the profit out of these crimes.”

Between the Crypto.com failure, the EMAX lawsuits and fines, the ongoing FTX scandal and the fact that the European Central Bank just stated that bitcoin is on the “road to irrelevance,” the cryptocurrency racket is anything but stable these days.