The bodies of Russian cryptocurrency entrepreneur Roman Novak and his wife Anna Novak were discovered dismembered and buried in a desert near Dubai on October 3. The couple had been missing since early October, prompting a month-long search after relatives lost contact with them. They were last seen traveling to the Hatta region near the Oman border to meet an 'unknown investor.' Investigators suspect the couple was lured into a fake business meeting that turned into a failed kidnapping and extortion plot. Mobile signals traced their movements to Hatta and Oman, then briefly to Cape Town, South Africa, before disappearing on October 4. Authorities believe the signals were manipulated to mislead the investigation. Roman Novak, who had recently re-entered the crypto industry after serving a six-year fraud sentence, is at the center of a case that has shocked the international crypto community. Russian and UAE officials are collaborating on the investigation.