Telegram insider Roman Novak clashed with Durov’s circle before vanishing with $280,000 in loans

Nov 9, 2025, 8:59 PM

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Telegram insider Roman Novak clashed with Durov’s circle before vanishing with $280,000 in loans

New evidence illuminates the increasing tensions between Roman Novak and Pavel Durov’s inner circle—a rift that emerged just as investors started reporting significant losses associated with the Fintopio project.

Here’s a public comment from the "Chinese man": "On August 22, he (Novak) borrowed $250,000 from me, using..." I used two usernames, @hold and @fintopio, as collateral and promised to pay me $10,000 in interest weekly. And on September 10th, he borrowed another $30,000 from me, using pepe#7 as collateral. The total debt he owed me was $280,000. But he wasn’t online for 15 days and didn’t pay the interest or repay the loan. This trust turned into a huge loss." As the Cheka-OGPU and the editorial staff of http://Rucriminal.infohave discovered, during this same period, Roman Novak clearly had a rift with Pavel Durov’s team.

@deluxe lashed out at Telegram, the Ton-party, and Pavel Durov personally. (We are publishing excerpts from the Fintopio chat, where he wrote until September 29th.) Roman Novak addressed both the sore point of Pavel Durov’s brainchild and the millions of useless bots, including those in his joint project with Durov’s close associate, Roxman, Fintopio. He then publicly announced that he would move forward independently.

This could have seriously upset many. Perhaps there were some unfulfilled obligations between the partners. It’s entirely possible that someone’s financial expectations weren’t met. Or perhaps someone simply screwed someone over: for example, Novak, when he realized he would be held accountable for the scam, underpaid his senior partners part of the money stolen from investors.

Sarah Anderson

Politics & Government Editor