History
2023: Participation in a fraudulent scheme that was disclosed in Moscow
To Moscow In exposed a fraudulent group, which under the guise of providing financial services stole billions from customers. rubles He writes about this with reference to the victims and the data of the investigation in the Kommersant issue of March 6, 2023.
According to the publication, at least 250 victims of the activities of International Financial Center LLC (MPSC), Academy of Financial management and Investments LLC (AUFI), The Highest School of Financial Management (HSFM SHUF LLC and Global Finance LLC appear in the case. The investigation believes that they were managed by the same people. They called citizens on purchased databases and offered profitably invested money, but then clients had problems with the withdrawal of invested funds.
It is reported that the money was accepted from clients not through the bank, but directly at the AUFI office in cash, which were then transferred to dollars, and those into cryptocurrency, which were allegedly sent to the Asset Capital Business broker registered in the same Marshall Islands.
The fraud scheme in all cases was approximately the same: potential clients were offered free investment advice in one of the offices rented in the Moscow City towers. There, according to investigators, they entered into an agreement for the provision of gratuitous information collection services. On its basis, clients were offered to invest in the purchase of shares and bonds.
After that, investigators believe, depositors showed a rapid increase in income and recommended making additional investments. Problems began when trying to withdraw funds: customers were informed that their deposits fell under sanctions. Explained the impossibility of withdrawing funds and the collapse of shares.
According to Kommersant, the former general director of the VSHUF Vitaly Fidurov was sent under house arrest on charges of fraud. Several managers of Global Finance LLC are also in custody. They were detained simultaneously with the general director of AUFI Arseniy Dadashev. The court banned the cashier of AUFI Snezhana Zaporozhets from certain actions.[1]