The report says that most of them promoted themselves on social networks and instant messengers. Many operated only via the Internet, without having real offices.

“To identify them, the Bank of Russia will continue to improve the information space monitoring system,” the press service noted.

At the initiative of the regulator, in 2023, 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.