14 Aug Sunken Warship ‘Worth Billions in Gold’ Likely Part of Cryptocurrency Scam
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Choi Yong-seok, CEO of Shinil Group, looks at a video footage taken by a submersible of the shipwreck (possibly the Dmitri Donski warship), during a press conference on a Russian ship in Seoul on July 26, 2018.
Credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
In July, reports of a Russian warship that was discovered by a South Korean company and rumored to contain $132 billion worth of gold briefly made headlines and nudged stock investments. As it turns out, it was very likely a cryptocurrency scam, according to recent news reports.
The Dmitrii Donskoi ship sank during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war off of a Korean Island. Over the years, rumors emerged that the ship contained lost treasure. [Image Gallery: Shipwreck Alley’s Sunken Treasures]
Last month, the Shinil Group took photographs of an underwater stern and various parts of a shipwreck and posted…
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