CrimeaPRESS reports:
In Sevastopol, the police completed a criminal investigation into a financial pyramid and the laundering of funds obtained through criminal means.
The investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Sevastopol completed the investigation of the criminal case against a resident of Krasnodar, who is accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and paragraph “b”, part 4 of Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
During the preliminary investigation, it was established that for the purpose of illegal enrichment, a 52-year-old woman organized a credit consumer cooperative. Being its sole leader, she attracted funds from residents of the Crimean Peninsula as deposits and promised to pay monthly up to 20% of the amount invested, but did not intend to fulfill her obligations. Clients interested in high income transferred from several thousand to several million rubles to the attacker— reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.
In order to attract potential customers and mislead them,The employee placed advertisements on the Internet, various social networks and print publications about the possibility of receiving large income on deposits, and also rented eight office premises in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, in which branches of a credit consumer cooperative were located. The workers she hired were not aware of their employer’s criminal intent.
Over several years of her illegal activities, the swindler managed to deceive 51 investors from Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea and steal about 33 million rubles from them. In addition, in order to legalize funds obtained by criminal means, a woman purchased two apartments in the Krasnodar Territory with a total value of more than 11 million, registering them in the name of her relatives,” the police clarified.
During the preliminary investigation, the cooperative’s constituent and accounting documents, agreements for the transfer of personal savings concluded with investors, as well as other documentation confirming its illegal activities were seized. The defendant’s real estate was seized for a total amount of about 13 million rubles.
In the near future, the materials of the criminal case with the indictment approved by the Sevastopol prosecutor’s office will be transferred to the court for further consideration.
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