Did the minister protect the pyramid? More than 300 cases, 5 billion damage and early escape.
The investigation has already consolidated more than 300 criminal cases regarding the activities of the financial pyramid Finico. One of its creators, according to the investigators, was the former head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication, the youngest minister of Russia, Nikolai Nikiforov, reports TASS with reference to the materials of the case. The total damage is estimated at about 5 billion ₽.
In September, Nikiforov was accused in absentia of creating and leading a criminal community, financing and defrauding it on a particularly large scale. Then he was put on the wanted list. On September 17, the Mashchensky District Court in Moscow arrested Nikiforov in absentia.
We are talking about stealing money under the guise of pseudo-investment activity of the Finiko internet project. Investors were promised a return of up to 25% per year. About 8 thousand people were recognized as victims.
According to media reports, Nikiforov was scheduled to be arrested on August 31, but the night before he had flown from Vonhokovo to the United Arab Emirates on a private plane. coincidence?
But on the same day, the second owner of the Innopolis architectural firm, Azat Tokhbulin, was arrested. The investigation examines a possible withdrawal of investors' money abroad through this company, one of whose owners was Nikiforov.
Finico stopped payments and collapsed in 2021. Nikiforov headed the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication from 2012 to 2018, before that he headed the relevant Ministry of Tatarstan.
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