The defense appealed the verdict of blogger Bitmama in the fraud case.

Lawyers have filed a complaint against the verdict of the crypto blogger Valeria Fedyakina in the case of fraud on an especially large scale. This was reported to Izvestia on June 30 in the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.

The date of the appeal has not yet been set. It is noted that the blogger did not admit guilt in fraud on a particularly large scale under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The investigation revealed that Fedyakina had organized a pyramid scheme, earning millions of dollars from it. The blogger was withdrawing funds abroad, bypassing currency controls. In recent years, Fedyakina herself has lived in two countries: Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Transfer to karma: for which cryptoblogger Bitmama received seven years in prison

The severity of the sentence was not affected even by the fact that after the arrest, the accused gave birth to a child.

Earlier, the court sentenced blogger Bitmama to seven years for fraud. It is specified that the girl was found guilty of embezzling more than 2.2 billion rubles from clients, the court decided to recover this amount in favor of the victims.

The blogger was arrested in September 2023 on charges of fraud in the field of investing cryptocurrencies. The application for Bitmama was written by one of her investors, who handed her 6.7 billion rubles in cash. He is recognized as a victim.