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Volodymyr Okhotnikov, Mikhail Sergeyev and Sergey Maslakov are accused of organi...

They stole $ 300 million: several Russian citizens were accused of crypto-school

Volodymyr Okhotnikov, Mikhail Sergeyev and Sergey Maslakov are accused of organizing Ponza scheme. SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) has charged 11 people, including Russian citizens. They are charged with participation in the creation of the financial pyramid of FORSAGE, reports RBC. ru. The regulator reported that a group of 11 people, which was composed of Russian citizens, bought the amount of $ 300 million.

Investors investors investors investors investors investors invested in the crypto-projection. At the head of the group were Vladimir Okhotnikov, Jane Doa, she is Lola Ferrari, Mikhail Sergeyev, Sergey Maslakov. They "took into place" small investors, offering them to enter into contracts through Ethereum, Tron and Binance blockchains. It is now known that some fraudsters live in Russia, someone in Georgia, the US and Indonesia.

The SEC also emphasized that millions of people around the world have been involved in the Ponza scheme. "FORSAGE has been working as a financial pyramid for more than two years, in which investors have been profitable, attracting others. Fersage has also used the assets of new investors to pay old investors, which is typical of the Ponza scheme," the document reads.

Despite the fact that in September 2020, the Philippines and Philippine Exchange Commission and in March 2021, the Montana Securities Commissioner and Insurance carried out a series of actions against FORSAGE, the organizers continued to promote their scheme. "Federal laws on securities can not bypass," hiding "their schemes on smart contracts and blockchains," Krolin Welshhans, acting as the head of the Kryptoactive Division and the SEC Cyber ​​District, commented.