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Two Arrested for Extortion of Startup Cryptocurrency Company
Defendants Allegedly Threatened to Destroy the Company if They Were Not Paid Millions of Dollars Worth of Virtual Currency

justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/t…
“A complaint was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging attorney Steven Nerayoff & Michael Hlady with extortion. Nerayoff & Hlady threatened to destroy a startup crypto company if they were not paid millions of dollars in the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH).”
““Nerayoff and Hlady carried out an old-fashioned shakedown, to be paid off with 21st century cryptocurrency,” stated US Attorney Donoghue. “This Office & our partners at the FBI are committed to protecting businesses from extortion, whether the demands are for $ or cryptos.””
Hoo boy. @thespybrief
“Nerayoff introduced the executives to Hlady, who used the alias “Michael Peters” and who Nerayoff described as his “operations guy.” Hlady told the executives that he had been part of the IRA, NSA, CIA & FBI, & that he had “taken down” a head of state.”
Here’s the complaint: justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
Whoopsy doos. Nerayoff Linked In.
What a winner
Whoopsy doos. Nerayoff Alchemist profile web.archive.org/web/2019041517…
Currently singing Puterin to the tune of “Motoring,” because I’m a child of the 80’s.
Uh oh is this the same Michael Hlady? 2011, also Rhode Islander. I have not confirmed if same. boston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/27/man…
That Michael Hlady was 39 in 2011 and the Hlady arrested with Nerayoff scheme is 47 in 2019 so its likely the same person, but I haven’t ruled out if there are more than 1 same-aged Michael Hlady’s in lil Rhody yet, so not stating for certain it’s him.
Important to note Gavin Wood is Buterin’s Ethereum co-founder, because reasons.
Ethereum + VEB = 🤔.
Since VEB is used as a front for Russian Intel Services, as Carter Page found out the dumb way, right Carter?
Take as old as time.
Russia and the Beast
The Beast = Transnational Organized Crime.
An aside: The above tweet was a snarky reference to Butina-Who I haven’t connected to Ethereum (yet?) but RIS Beauty & The Beast = makes me laugh since I don’t have time to cry because I have work to do.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/video…
I’ll end (for now) on this. Because I wrote it over 2 years ago and it’s still true.
And-despite massive amounts of obstruction by corrupt AF @GOP members, we HAVE made progress in beating back the Russian Mafia/TOC since I wrote this in July 2017:
Fer shame. (Methinks indeed it’s the same Michael Hlady). tucson.com/news/national/…
Lovely. Over a decade of frauding by Michael Hlady. telegram.com/article/201002…
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