PSB filed for bankruptcy of BitRiver founder Igor Runz
According to the file of arbitration cases, the amount of PSB claims exceeds 770 million rubles. Runz was arrested on charges of tax evasion and major fraud
PSB Bank filed for bankruptcy of the founder of the largest Russian mining company BitRiver Igor Runz. The claim was submitted to the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk region on November 3, drew the attention of RBC.
According to the file of arbitration cases, the amount of claims of the bank exceeds 770 million rubles.
RBC sent a request to the PSB.
BitRiver is a Russian group of companies specializing in industrial cryptocurrency mining. Provides services for placement, connection and maintenance of equipment for mining cryptocurrencies in data centers. In 2024, BitRiver operated 15 data centers with a total capacity of 533 MW, which housed more than 175,000 pieces of equipment. In the fall of 2024, Bloomberg estimated Runz’s fortune at $230 million.
Last year, the company Infrastructure of Siberia, part of the En + holding, filed a bankruptcy petition for the Fox group of companies controlled by Runz due to non-fulfillment of contractual obligations. In February 2026, the court introduced a surveillance procedure against Fox, and at the end of May declared the company bankrupt and opened bankruptcy proceedings.
In winter Runz was detained in the case of tax evasion (part 1 of article 199.2). He is also accused of a particularly large fraud of 1 billion rubles (part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code) in the supply of equipment for mining cryptocurrency to the structures of the En + holding.
According to RBC sources, the investigation believes that in December 2023, the Fox group of companies concluded a contract for the supply of mining equipment worth more than $ 8 million. The buyer transferred more than $ 7.9 million in advance payment, but the equipment did not receive in due time. The money, according to the investigation, was also not returned. The estimated damage amounted to almost 1 billion rubles.
The investigation believes that Runets initially did not intend to fulfill the contract and disposed of the funds received at his discretion. After filing a new charge on July 22, the court changed the measure of restraint from house arrest to detention.
