Sergei Mavrodi


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Sergei Panteleevich Mavrodi (Russian: Серге́й Пантелеевич Мавроди; born August 11, 1955) is a Russian criminal and a former deputy of the State Duma. He is the founder of the МММ series of pyramid schemes. In 2007 Sergei Mavrodi was found guilty in a Russian court of defrauding 10,000 investors out of 110 million rubles ($4.3 million).[1][2][3]

MMM activities[edit]

In 1988, he founded MMM.[4][5][6]
He was then elected to the State Duma,[6] thereby obtaining parliamentary immunity. Mavrodi declared MMM bankrupt on December 22, 1997, then disappeared, and was on the run until his arrest in 2003.[7]
In 1998 Mavrodi created Stock Generation,[8][9] allegedly a classic pyramid scheme presented as a "virtual stock market game".[1] The website ran from 1998 to early 2000. The Massachusetts district court initially found that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was unable to cite Stock Generation's founders and owners for securities violations. However the United States Court of Appeals reversed this decision in 2001 concluding that SEC alleged sufficient facts to state a triable claim.[10] In 2003 the SEC obtained permanent injunctions against SG Ltd. and relief defendants SG Perfect and SG Trading, which profited from the disbursement of funds fraudulently gained by SG Ltd.[11][12]
On April 28, 2007, a Moscow court sentenced him to four and a half years in a penal colony. The court also fined him 10,000 rubles ($390).[7]
In January 2011, Mavrodi launched another pyramid scheme called MMM-2011, asking investors to buy so-called Mavro currency units. He frankly described it as a pyramid, adding "It is a naked scheme, nothing more ... People interact with each other and give each other money. For no reason!" [13] Mavrodi said that his goal with MMM-2011 is to destroy the current financial system which he considers unfair which would allow something new to take its place. MMM-2011 was able to function openly as ponzi schemes and financial pyramids are not illegal under Russian law.[14] In May 2012 he froze the operation and announced there would be no more payouts.[15]
In 2011 he launched a similar scheme in India, called MMM India, again stating clearly that the vehicle is a pyramid.[16] He was reported to be trying to expand his operations into Western Europe, Canada, and Latin America.[14]

Book[edit]

In 2008 Mavrodi published the book "Temptation". In May 2008, bailiffs arrested Mavrodi's rights to this book. Seven thousand copies of the book were published.[3][17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Sergei Mavrodi Convicted of Fraud in MMM Trial", by Kevin O’Flynn, The St. Petersburg Times.
  2. Jump up^ "Mavrodi's Internet-Pyramide Commapsed" (Russian)
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b ITAR-TASS
  4. Jump up^ "A Scheme With No Off Button" by Catherine Rampell, NY Times
  5. Jump up^ "Sergey Mavrodi" (Russian)
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b Bigg, Claire (March 15, 2012). "Jailed For Not Paying A Fine, Ponzi Scheme Founder Plots 'Financial Apocalypse'". RFE/RL.
  7. ^ Jump up to:a b Moscow court sentences pyramid scheme head Mavrodi to 4.5 yrs
  8. Jump up^ MMM Corporation by Peter Symes
  9. Jump up^ "Money For Nothing", by Dan Brekke,Wired Magazine, Issue 8.09, Sep 2000
  10. Jump up^ Appeal of SEC vs. Stock Generation, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  11. Jump up^ SG Ltd. (Stock Generation Ltd.) et al.
  12. Jump up^ Securities and Exchange Commission v. SG Limited et al., (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 00-11141-GAO), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Release No.. 18181 / June 9, 2003
  13. Jump up^ Shuster, Simon (January 15, 2011). "Why is Russia's Bernie Madoff Back in Business?". Time Magazine. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  14. ^ Jump up to:a b Bigg, Claire (March 20, 2012). "Mavrodi's Ponzi comeback seeks financial apocalypse". Asia Times. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  15. Jump up^ "Fool me twice, shame on me: Russians fall once again for notorious Ponzi scheme". RT. June 2, 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  16. Jump up^ Lobazina, Alina (September 1, 2012). "MMM scheme heads to India". Russia & India Report. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  17. Jump up^ Сергей Мавроди. Искушение. Москва, Р7осмэн, 2008. ISBN 978-5-353-03364-4. Book text in Mavrodi's blog Mavrody is deceased
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