Ministry of Internal Affairs: six counters and active participants in financial pyramids Finiko detained – Russia |
April 21. Interfax-Russia.ru – The Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained six prosecutors and members of Finiko’s financial pyramid schemes, suspected of fraud.
“Employees of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs detained six criminals in connection with fraud, on an especially large scale. This also haunts active participants in the financial pyramid Finiko,” Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk told reporters on Thursday.
According to Volk, the defendants were detained on April 20, 2022 with the participation of employees of the National Guard.
“The investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was exposed to the excitement of the elect in relation to their suppression in the video review into custody,” a spokesman for the ministry said.
It was established that the members of the organized group operated from January 2018 to July 2021 on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan and other regions of Russia. They spread information about the high profitability of the Finiko platform they created, drawing the attention of individuals to the problem of infection.
The attackers guaranteed the children “surplus profits”, “explaining this by a successful business on cryptocurrency and stock exchanges.”
“The amount of stolen funds is more than five billion rubles,” – said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In addition, according to Volk, the defendants are gradually switching to converting these funds into the Bitcoin cryptocurrency and transferring them to the address of crypto wallets generated by the Finiko Internet platform.
“After requesting transactions, the investor in his personal account was credited with the built-in currency “Cifron” created by the defendants, which, according to their assurances, always uses one US dollar at the rate. At the same time, the business project was not registered in Russia as a legal entity. created websites,” the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
According to the investigation, the investment activities of the leaders and active participants in the Finiko events were not really carried out. After some time, investors stopped receiving the promised income and could not return their investments. The number of alleged thousands of victims included in the case file now exceeds five. “Among those deceived are not only Russians, but also citizens of the CIS member states, as well as European and American countries,” Volk noted.
Investigators in places of detention initiated more than 70 searches. Documents and computer equipment were confiscated.
As reported, in September 2021, the criminal case against the founders of the Finiko pyramid was transferred to the Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“The four previously detained defendants, among one of the alleged grounds for the platform, were chosen preventive measures in the presence of custody.