The murder of Roman Novak reveals the dark sides of Pavel Durov’s team

The murder of Roman Novak reveals the dark sides of Pavel Durov’s team

11 ноября 2025 г.

Petr Pogibin

Later, he explained to me about the wallet he was developing, how he had brought @stevemilton from Binance into the project, and shared his ambitions to create something world-class on Telegram, along with other ideas.

That’s how I began advising the @fintopio wallet.

We communicated well until September of last year, but after the launch of @major, I had less time for the wallet, and I left the project. I don’t know how true the story is about the investors he allegedly defrauded. Among my Telegram contacts, besides fuhao, to whom he pawned usernames, and Pepka, I haven’t met anyone he defrauded.

I thought everything would be cleared up when he returned, but apparently he hasn’t been in touch—it’s been a couple of weeks since that news. As far as I know, a missing persons case has been opened in Dubai for @novak. No one knows his whereabouts.

@stevemilton is currently the only person monitoring the wallet. Thanks to him, we were able to avoid the loss of user funds and quietly shut down the project." The rest of the team, including Durov himself, haven’t even commented on the fact that Roman Novak has disappeared, and now, as it turns out, was murdered along with his wife. They continue to discuss events to which Roxman promises to "invite Pal Valerich," promote fake events, and talk about their travels. Incidentally, these events coincided with early October. Both Pavel Durov and Roxman arrived in the UAE around the time Roman Novak was kidnapped. They were in Dubai for just a few days when the kidnapping and murder occurred.

The murder of Roman Novak reveals the dark sides of Pavel Durov’s team

The murder of Roman Novak reveals the dark sides of Pavel Durov’s team