The family of Russian businessman and blockchain industry entrepreneur Vyacheslav Taran have dismissed claims made by various outlets purporting her husband had "links" to the Kremlin or that his death is part of a conspiracy connected to those of several other cryptocurrency magnates.
Taran, who died at 53 on November 25, 2022, in a helicopter crash near his home in southeastern France, has been at the center of swirling speculation online surrounding the deaths of a number of wealthy investors who have died in the past two months.
French public broadcaster France Bleu wrote in a November 25 report that the crash occurred in "very mild" weather, with a pilot familiar with the area at the helm of an Airbus H130, a multimillion-dollar touring aircraft considered to be top-of-the-line around the world.
Co-founder of Libertex Group, creator of one of the largest online Forex, contract-for-difference (CFD) and cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, Taran's death also comes amid a series of scandals in the cryptocurrency industry.
In a statement released to Newsweek, the Taran family has dismissed claims that there was anything "mysterious" about his death and asked to put the rumors to rest. Among those baseless or false claims were attempts to tie his death to those of Amber Group co-founder Tiantian Kullander and MakerDAO architect Nikolai Mushegian.
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