During the nine months of 2026, the Central Bank of Russia identified approximately 4,400 entities with signs of illegal activity in the financial market, which is 23% less than in the same period last year. As RBC writes, citing materials from the regulator, the number of financial pyramids and pseudo-brokers has halved, but the number of illegal lenders has increased 1.8 times. A third of the violators were fake securities market participants, half of whom raised funds under the guise of investing in cryptocurrencies.

During the nine months of 2026, the Central Bank of Russia identified approximately 4,400 entities with signs of illegal activity in the financial market, which is 23% less than in the same period last year. As RBC writes, citing materials from the regulator, the number of financial pyramids and pseudo-brokers has halved, but the number of illegal lenders has increased 1.8 times. A third of the violators were fake securities market participants, half of whom raised funds under the guise of investing in cryptocurrencies.