Investors have lost an average of $ 10,000 to the Russian cryptopyramid finiko, reveals a survey-

investors who were cheated by the cryptocurrency ponder scheme Finiko based in Russia sent the crypto pyramid to an average of more than 720,000 rubles or more than $ 10,000 to current exchange rates. The assessment comes from a victim survey carried out by a public non -profit organization.

fifth finiko investor separates from over 1 million rubles

Russia still tries to the extent of its greatest financial fraud since the notorious mmm pyramide in the 1990s. While the officially registered losses for FINKO have reached 1 billion rubles (almost $ 14 million), some estimates assume that the total amount will probably exceed $ 4 billion. According to Chainalysis, the ponzi scheme Over $ 1.5 billion in less than two years.

Citizens of Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former Soviet area, the EU member states and the United States are among the people who have transferred FINKO 800,000 separate deposits. Around 3,300 of the victims have so far been identified, but the actual number is likely to be much higher. Due to the size of the The Interior Ministry in Moscow took over the investigation from the Criminal prosecution authorities in Tatarstan, where Finiko was based, and several of his most important members arrested .

Around 200 of the betrayed investors have submitted complaints at the Federal Foundation for Protection of Investors and Shareholder's Rights, a public non -profit organization in Russia, reported local media. Marat Safiulin, head of the foundation, told the UFATIME.RU business portal, 154 of them were interviewed by phone about their investments.

Due to its feedback, the foundation has determined that the average financial loss per investor amounts to 724,000 Russian rubles (over $ 10,000). About 22% of investors lost more than $ 1 million (almost $ 14,000), and another 73% sent fino at least 300,000 rubles (over $ 4,000). More than half of the victims surveyed took off loans to invest in the Ponzi system.

FINKO, which was never founded as a legal person, applied as a "automatic profit generation system". The pyramid offered people tempting if they would send their money to spend on crypto investments and share the profits with them. The investors were told that they could use the fast and high returns of up to 30 % to cover a loan, buy a car or property at reduced prices or to withdraw cash if necessary.

The Finiko offices in the capital of Tatarstan, the city of Kazan, were first searched in December 2020. Your activities were classified by the Russian Central Bank in June this year as a sign of a pyramid system. Nevertheless, the fraud continued to attract new investors.

The Ponzi system stopped payments in July and finally collapsed. So far, the authorities of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan have arrested a number of high-ranking managers from Fino, including the founder of the pyramid, Kirill Doronin , two of his vice presidents, ilgiz Shakirov and Dina Gabdullina, as well as lilia only one, who is one in the place of one so -called "10th stars" ascent. International arrest warrants were exhibited for three by Doronin's employees, Zygmunt Zygmuntovich and Marat and Marat and Marat Edward Sabirov, who managed to leave the Russian Federation before the investigation was initiated in July

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