“On April 20, with the participation of employees of the National Guard, six leaders and active participants in the financial pyramid were detained.

The investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia filed petitions for the election of a measure of restraint in respect of them in the form of detention, ”TASS quoted her as saying.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia noted that the damage from the activities of Finiko is more than 5 billion rubles, among those deceived by the financial pyramid there are citizens of Europe and the United States.

In July, one of the founders of the financial pyramid Finiko was arrested in Kazan.

Later, law enforcement officers detained in Tatarstan the personal assistant of the organizer of the Finiko financial pyramid.

The criminal case of fraud against the founders of the financial pyramid Finiko was transferred to the central office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.