Bank of Russia identified more than 5.7 thousand financial pyramids and illegal immigrants in 2023. Many operated only via the Internet, without having real offices.

Access to more than 11.2 thousand resources of illegal immigrants was limited, including over 3 thousand pages, channels, as well as chat bots in popular social networks and instant messengers. Earlier it was reported about the verdict against the creators of a financial pyramid from Krasnodar, from whose activities more than 1 thousand Russians suffered.