"This is so horrible!": Perez Hilton reacts after crypto scammer Roman Novak & wife are allegedly tortured to death in front of each other

Perez Hilton reacted after reports surfaced that convicted crypto scammer Roman Novak and his wife, TV reporter Anna Novak, were allegedly tortured to death in front of each other. Writing in a December 5 article on his website, Hilton addressed the disturbing details emerging from Russian investigators and remarked:

“OMG! This is so horrible!”

In his article, Hilton explained that Russian investigators, as reported by The U.S. Sun on Wednesday, December 3, had claimed the couple “were forced to watch each other get tortured to death.”

He further emphasized the brutality of the alleged crime and highlighted how the pair had disappeared weeks earlier under suspicious circumstances.

“The couple’s family sounded the alarm to the Dubai police after they disappeared on October 2, fearing they were kidnapped. Sadly, they were right to be worried,” he added.

Hilton also elaborated on the alleged setup that preceded the couple’s disappearance, clarifying how Roman Novak and Anna were lured into a dangerous trap.

“Roman and Anna were reportedly tricked into meeting up with investors at a villa in Hatta about 80 miles from Dubai. However, they turned out to be fraudsters. They allegedly kidnapped Roman and Anna to try to get their hands on his roughly £380 million (or $506,359,473) digital fortune,” the podcaster detailed.

What else did Perez Hilton say about Roman Novak and his wife?

In the article mentioned above, Perez Hilton offered further details on the disturbing case of Roman Novak and his wife, who were allegedly tortured and killed in front of each other.

Hilton reported that the couple, lured to a villa in Hatta, were kidnapped by fraudsters attempting to access Novak’s digital fortune. According to Russian media, their bodies were discovered in the desert the following day after the kidnappers were reportedly unable to breach their empty crypto wallets.

“Russian media reported they were tormented next to each other in the desert while the kidnappers attempted to make them unlock their crypto wallets. But when Anna and Roman Novak finally opened it, the group discovered their accounts were empty,” Hilton wrote.

He further explained that the attackers reacted with violence once they realized there was no money to steal. Hilton reported that the couple was “allegedly killed” before their remains were placed in plastic bags and doused in industrial solvents to accelerate decomposition.

Investigators, however, were able to intervene relatively quickly. Hilton noted that authorities “found” the remains “fast enough before all the DNA evidence vanished,” and traced the couple’s phones to “Hatta, Oman, and Cape Town,” believing this had been done deliberately to throw them off.

He detailed how authorities eventually located the bodies of Roman Novak and his wife, connecting the discovery to Novak's final communications.

“They eventually located their phones in the remote Hajar mountains on the Oman border because Roman reached out to contacts, saying he was ‘stuck’ and needed £152,000. Following a search of the area, they uncovered Roman and Anna’s remains,” he said.

Hilton added that three men had been arrested in connection with the crime.

Among them was 53-year-old former police officer Konstantin Shakht, alleged to be the mastermind, while two other suspects, Yury Sharypov and Vladimir Dalekin, had already pleaded guilty. Shakht, however, continued to maintain his innocence.

Hilton also cited comments from Russian investigator Svetlana Petrenko, who explained that additional accomplices helped organize the abduction by renting cars and premises where the victims were held.

“The investigation established that the killers had accomplices who helped organise the abduction. They rented cars and premises where the two victims were held by force. After the murder, the perpetrators disposed of the knives and the victims’ personal belongings, leaving them in different emirates,” he wrote, citing the Russian investigator.

Hilton also provided context about the couple’s life in the UAE. Novak, founder of the cryptocurrency company Fintopio, had moved there while on parole after serving part of a six-year sentence for fraud in Russia. Hilton noted that Novak had “allegedly defrauded his crypto investors of £38 million.”

Authorities in the UAE and Russia are continuing to investigate the killing of Roman Novak and his wife. The three primary suspects remain in custody, and police have indicated that more arrests are expected as the inquiry expands.

Edited by Shayari Roy