The law enforcement agencies in the Russian region of Samara examine 8 fraud cases related to FINKO -

The investigation against the cryptopyramid Finiko based in Russia is increasing because law enforcement officers in the Samara region announced that they have initiated eight criminal proceedings against finiko employees. The authorities also work on identification more victims of the Ponzi system, Russia's largest in recent years.

Investigations against finiko members in Samara, Russia

The main department of the Russian Ministry of the Interior in the Oblast Samara, a region bordering on Tatarstan, examines eight cases of fraud against Finiko employees. The members of the Ponzi system have been accused of embezzling 6 million rubles of investors, who were promised high returns for their money between July 2020 and July 2021.

The victims of crypto fraud in these cases are all residents of Samara, law enforcement officers who are in a. are listed PresseMitterseilung Cited by Forklog. They were convinced by the finiko representatives to pay their money worth almost $ 83,000 in the so-called "automated profit generation system" of the system according to current exchange rates, said police officers.

The department also found that its investigative efforts are now aiming to document all facts about illegal activities of the investment company's employees, a phantom entity. The authorities also try to identify all people betrayed by FINKO who collapsed this summer.

at least 3,300 people from Russia, other countries in the former Soviet area such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as well as EU member states and the USA have so far officially complained about investments in the financial pyramid. Your registered losses have reached 1 billion rubles (almost $ 14 million), but some estimates indicate that the total amount will probably exceed $ 4 billion.

according to A from chainalysis has the ponzi program since December 2018 Bitcoin worth over $ 1.5 billion blog entry published on 1. September September Blockchain forensics companies announced that over half of the entire crypto value, which was sent to fraudulent addresses from the Eastern Europe region during the period examined, to which FinKO-based fino went.

The authorities in Samara's neighboring province, the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, have so far arrested a number of high -ranking managers of Finiko, including the founder of the pyramid, Kirill Doronin , two of his vice presidents, ilgiz shakirov and dina gabdullina, as well as lilia nurieva that ranked into the rank of "10th stars".

International Arresting commands were for three from Doronins close employees, Zygmunt Zygmuntovich, as well Marat and Edward Sabirov exhibited, who managed to leave Russia before the investigation began in July. This month the Supreme Court of Tatarstan confirmed the arrest welds for their absence. The Interior Ministry in Moscow has taken over the investigation, citing the extent of the fraud.