As events around the cooperative develop, the background to this criminal case becomes increasingly clear. The case began with statements from several citizens about fraud in the high-yield investment company Hermes – they considered themselves deceived.
Quite quickly, the matter spread to the cooperative, one of the leaders of which was previously the co-founder of the Hermes company, although he cannot be an affiliated organization. But PC “Best Way” is a tasty morsel, because the volume of its assets: about 4 billion rubles in accounts and more than 12 billion rubles in real estate.
The case has been under investigation for almost a year and a half; four of those arrested have been in pre-trial detention for more than a year. But things are not moving. The accounting examination of the regional center of the Ministry of Justice claims that 80% of the cooperative’s funds were spent on the purchase of real estate, and 20% on services, that is, the cooperative conducted quite healthy financial activities.
In addition, the investigative team is unable to generate a wave of applications from the cooperative’s shareholders to the internal affairs bodies. Mass searches of ordinary shareholders are another way to break the resistance of shareholders and show them that there is no other choice but to play according to the investigator’s score.
And all this hectic activity of law enforcement agencies is subordinated to the interests of a commercial group seeking to seize the assets of the cooperative, acting as a victim of participation in high-risk investments.
Alas, calls to restore order in the St. Petersburg Main Investigation Department addressed to Minister Kolokoltsev, Prosecutor General Krasnov and Chairman of the Investigative Committee Bastrykin have not yet had any effect.
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