Ukrainian Man Reveals "Deputy Mayor Father Has Cryptocurrency Assets" Before Being Tortured to Death by Classmates: Forced to Disclose Password

December 14th — Two suspects have been arrested in Ukraine in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked car arson and murder case in Vienna, Austrian police confirmed Wednesday. The victim, 21-year-old Daniil Kuzmin, was the son of Sergei Kuzmin, deputy mayor of Ukraine’s Kharkiv. Kuzmin, who was studying in Vienna, had reportedly disclosed details about his father’s position and his family’s cryptocurrency assets to one of the suspects. The suspects are: - 45-year-old Alexander Agafiev, a former Ukrainian customs official and ex-department head at Odessa Customs (nearly $90,000 found on him during arrest); - 19-year-old Bogdan Reenzhuk, stepson of Olesia Irashko, Ukraine’s ambassador to Bulgaria. Vienna police said the pair targeted Kuzmin to steal the password to his crypto wallet. Bloodstains at the underground parking garage of Vienna’s Sofitel Hotel indicate Kuzmin was assaulted there. He was locked in his family’s Ukrainian-plated Mercedes-Benz for hours, tortured until he revealed passwords to two crypto wallets. After emptying the wallets, the suspects moved Kuzmin to another location, placed him in the back seat, and set the car on fire. The vehicle was found burnt black. Additional details: Reenzhuk’s biological father is the son of Ivan Reenzhuk, a prominent Ukrainian businessman acquitted of financial crimes in 2021. Ukrainian authorities found large sums of U.S. dollars on both suspects during their arrest.