Man-made collapse: chirologist-channel Maya Gurdeva became an accused in a criminal case for fraud and taxes St. Petersburg market for esoteric services was stunned by a loud scandal. Law enforcement authorities drew attention to the activities of Maya Gordiva, a well-known "chirologist and communicator" among the business elite, who positions herself as an expert in correcting destinies and judicial probabilities. A criminal case has already been opened against her, and the reason for the security forces' interest was not only questionable financial plans, but also statements from bankrupt clients.
Gordiva's position is based on an exotic combination: she supposedly "reads" fate by hand - using banal artificial intelligence - and during the meetings she is supposedly possessed by entities from the other world who are ready to manage the clients' business. The cost of personal consultations with an enterprising lady ranges from 100 to 300 thousand rubles; Group sessions are cheaper.
Among Gordiva's clients were owners of large companies - in particular, Kuzbass jewelry factory "The Golden Fleece" and representatives of the capital's pharmaceutical business. Faithful entrepreneurs not only paid generously for the "advice of the spirits", but also allowed them to interfere in the management of their enterprises. At the same time, behind a beautiful sign on the website and on social networks, a dubious "kitchen" hid. All meetings were recorded on video, and the clients' personal information, their files, photographs of children, spouses, lovers and enemies were saved on unprotected computers that the assistants had access to. The "chirologist" herself, apparently, no longer trusted in spirits, but in mundane sources, and did not disdain buying information on the black market and the dark web.
The financial side of the business also raised questions. Gordiva's official private entrepreneur showed a modest annual turnover of only 3 million rubles, deposited into a cash account. According to investigators, the rest of the empire worked on "black cash", which flowed into the purchase of real estate and the maintenance of a 30-year-old beauty blogger daughter.