Investigative unit of the MIA Administration for the city of Perm completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated against three top managers of a credit and consumer cooperative. They are accused of fraud committed on a large scale, as well as of legalizing the money or other property acquired as a result of the committed crime.

According to investigators, in 2005, the offenders created a credit and consumer cooperative, operating on the basis of the "Ponzi scheme" principle.  From August 2005 to April 2009, they, occupied senior positions in the organization created by them and by fraud and breach of trust committed theft of money from people whom they involved in the organization as investors. 2126 people living in the Perm Region and other regions of the Russian Federation suffered from criminal activities of the offenders. The amount of damage caused by the offenders exceeded 227 million rubles.

The criminal case was sent to court.

Press-Service of the MIA General Administration for the Perm Territory