Cyberpolice offices carry out searches in premises that allegedly belong to the organizers of a financial pyramid on March 22. Those who fell victim to the scheme lost $5.4 million.
Interest rates of up to 350% can be dangerous. But 55,000 people didn’t find it suspicious when an online shop offered them to buy a “gift certificate” and said its value will grow by 1% every day.
Each of them bought a certificate that cost from $10 to $10,000. And as a result, they all lost a total of $5.4 million, having unwillingly participated in a pyramid scheme.