The case of Sergei Mavrodi

The founder of the notorious MMM financial pyramid Sergei Mavrodi has recently announced the launch of a new project, where participants promised 20% returns per month, pensioners - 30%. As conceived by Mavrodi, participants will put money in the electronic purse in WebMoney. The organizer of the bubble JSC ' MMM ' Sergei Mavrodi was born August 11, 1955 in Moscow. While still in school Sergei Mavrodi won at the Olympics and different mathematical turn of mind.

In 1978 he graduated from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIEM).

After graduation he worked as an engineer, a mathematician at a research institute, since 1980 - Head of Programming. Same time he was illegally while the private manufacture and sale of audio and video.

In 1981 he retired from the Institute and went into business. In order not to be accused of parasitism, was listed in various positions: the latter - a night watchman in the subway.

In 1983 he was arrested for the manufacture of pirated videos, but thanks to the amnesty had served only 10 days.

In 1988 he founded together with his younger brother Vyacheslav Mavrodi, and Olga Melnikova cooperative ' MMM ' ( an abbreviation of the initial letters of the names of the founders ) and its base has created dozens of commercial structures ( JSC ' MMM ', OJSC ' TPA ' MMM ', CJSC ' MMM - .

Until 1991, the cooperative is mainly engaged in trade of computers and office equipment.

Then Sergei Mavrodi, using domestic and international experience, he decided to create a pyramid scheme, investing in high interest rates that made ​​it - up to 1000 % per annum. From that moment began a massive PR- company OJSC ' MMM '. Across the country, were organized items on sales of shares and JSC ticket ' MMM '.

More than three years, Mavrodi built his pyramid. The number of depositors of the company was, according to various estimates, from 10 to 15 million.

The collapse of the JSC ' MMM ' came in the summer of 1994, after the Russian tax authorities and tax police have announced that during his inspection revealed ...

In August 1994, Sergei Mavrodi was arrested on charges of concealing income from the firm he heads JSC ... In October of that year he was released due to changes in preventive measures ( on bail ).

October 30, 1994 Sergey Mavrodi was elected to the State Duma. October 6, 1995 he was elected position was terminated ( Mavrodi has not visited any of the State Duma of the meeting ).

In 1995 he again ran for the Duma from the ' Party of the national capital ', lost the election.

In 1996 it was reopened an investigation of the company ' MMM ' and its leader.

In 1996, Mavrodi was trying to become a candidate for president of Russia. However, the CEC rejected a large part of the signature sheets in support of it and refused to register.

September 22, 1997 the company ' MMM ' was declared bankrupt, and Sergei Mavrodi has disappeared.

In 1998, Mavrodi was put on international wanted list.

Being on the run in early 1998, Sergei Mavrodi along with cousin Oksana Pavlyuchenko has created a new online financial pyramid 'Stock Generation Ltd', is a virtual stock exchange. The site has been non-existent company stock quotes and advice on their purchase. Total exchange lasted about two years. The victims of the pyramid were 275,000 people living in America and Europe.

January 31, 2003 Sergey Mavrodi was arrested in Moscow in a rented apartment on Frunze Embankment. According to documents found in the apartment, Mavrodi was living in Moscow under the name of a Yuri Zaitsev.

He was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: ...

Damage to ' MMM ' depositors exceeded 110 million rubles. In the case of the victims were found more than 10,000 people across Russia.

The first criminal case against Sergei Mavrodi on tax evasion has been closed due to the lapse of time.

December 2, 2003 Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow found Mavrodi guilty of forgery of the passport and sentenced to 13 months in prison.

April 28, 2007 Chertanovskaya court in Moscow sentenced Sergei Mavrodi to 4.5 years imprisonment to be served in penal colony. As an additional punishment, the court set to recover from Mavrodi a fine of 10 rubles to the state.

In addition, Mavrodi had to pay depositors more than 20 million rubles.

During the investigation and trial entrepreneur left virtually the entire sentence, a court-appointed. He was in custody ' Sailor's Silence ' from January 31, 2003.

Sergei Mavrodi was released after 25 days after the verdict - May 22, 2007.

July 10, 2007 the Moscow City Court considered an appeal against the sentence Mavrodi. In the rehabilitation and dismiss the criminal case the court refused, leaving the verdict in terms of terms of imprisonment, but canceled the fine of 10,000 rubles.

In conclusion, Sergei Mavrodi was engaged in literary work. In early 2008 he published his first book, ' Temptation ', which includes 14 stories. In all, the author of more than 200. In addition, he wrote a novel and several plays. The book was a pilot run of 7000 copies.

In May 2008, Moscow bailiffs have seized on the sale of the first book Mavrodi due to the excitation of enforcement proceedings against him on payment of debts to depositors affected.

In November 2008 the chief bailiff of Russia Nikolay Vinnichenko said that the bailiffs have realized the property of the founder of ' MMM ' Sergei Mavrodi to 18 million rubles and handed out money to depositors, the remaining debt - about 500 million rubles.

MMM - A new approach.






Genre: Domestic, Documentary.
Year: 2011.
Description:.
Issued: TC Rossiya1.
Directed by: Andrei Meshcheryakov.
Moderator: Maria Sittel.

Description: The founder of the most scandalous of the Russian financial pyramid Sergei Mavrodi has announced on his blog to launch a new project called MMM -2011 - ' We can do a lot '. In a half-hour video message, he promises investors a profit of 20% monthly, and retirees who had invested money - 30%. Invest in new pyramid will be residents of any country. Mavrodi offers depositors to open dollar accounts in electronic payment systems and purchase virtual tickets that will grow in value.


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