The former head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication Nikolai Nikiforov was involved in 300 criminal cases.
The former minister is accused of fraud, creation, management and financing of a criminal community and theft of more than 4.2 billion rubles.
All criminal cases were consolidated into one proceeding, TASS reports.
On September 17, the Mashchensky District Court in Moscow arrested Nikiforov in absentia. According to the researchers, he was one of the creators of the pyramid, whose investors were promised returns of up to 25% per year. About eight thousand people were recognized as victims in the case. The amount of damage is estimated at about 5 billion rubles.