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Nicola Borzi

Jan 27 • 13 tweets • 7 min read

1 - On the night of August 4th 2021 #Popsicle platform said it had been "hacked". On that occasion, on a secret Telegram chat, #TerraBitcoin, who hids a group of crypto investors, mostly Italians, managed by Paolo #Barrai, there was a dialogue among the investors

2 - who put their money in #Popsicle and other #Sestagalli's projects, the same Sestagalli, Paolo #Barrai and Giancarlo #Devasini of #Bitfinex. Then my sources in #TerraBitcoin screnshotted and gave me the chat of that dialogue (in Italian, sorry). Here's the pics of that story

7 in the previous screenshot, Barrai says "For those who do not have understood yet, we have with us mr Giancarlo Devasini". And then "Merlin" aka Devasini replies to Barrai...

8 Merlin aka Devasini writes "In my few free moments I read you with attention and great fun. I think you've created a terrific group brilliantly lead by Paolo [Barrai]. I will not answewr back to CNBC [interviews about Bitfinex]"
Then Daniele Sestagalli writes "we're...

9 - "... working on a plan to give back the lost funds"

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12 - Then Merlin is asked by an investor member of #TerraBitcoin secret Telegram chat for his willingness in a documentary movie about him and #Bitfinex but rejects the idea

13 - During the #TerraBitcoin chat on #Popsicle "hack", #Barrai writes that he recommends the maximum secrecy about this dialogue with #Sestagalli and #Devasini

It think this is enough to prove the long lasting #Sestagalli - #Barrai - #Devasini connection

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1 - Chiasso is a small, anonymous town on Italian border at the extreme southbound Canton Ticino, Italian speaking part of #Switzerland. A place which has been well known for decades as a centre for money laundering of Italian nationals capitals fleeing away. An offshore haven.

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1 - So, whoa! At the end of the day mr #Devasini and mr Daniele #Sestagalli, the Italian man behind Wonderland ($Time), Popsicle Finance ($ICE), and Abracadabra ($MIM) projects in #Switzerlandmistress are connected. During last drawdown Sestagalli cashed out 30 mln to #Bitfinex

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https://twitter.com/MidasTheFool/status/1486649232744353795

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