An Israeli man was arrested about three months ago in Dubai in connection with the killings of an alleged crypto fraudster and his wife, Hebrew-language media reports.
The Walla news site says Michael Greenberg (also known as Mike Green), a private investigator in Thailand, is not suspected of killing Russian national Roman Novak and his wife Anna in the UAE last year, but is alleged to have had some kind of involvement.
There is no immediate comment from the Foreign Ministry.
In November, the New York Post reported that Novak raised $500 million through the creation of a fraudulent cryptocurrency app, before going on the run with the money.
Novak and his wife Anna, who were living in the United Arab Emirates, were apparently lured by criminals to a desert location before an extortion attempt took place.
However, according to the report, when the kidnappers found that Novak’s crypto wallet was empty, they apparently murdered the pair and dismembered them.
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