Who was imprisoned for several years for fraud, Russia's largest organizer of the pyramid "Social Initiative" Nikolay Karasev and other former executives of his companies were defendants in the new criminal case. Operatives of economic security and anti-corruption department of the Internal Affairs of the Central District of Moscow uncovered another scam totaling 180 million rubles, of involvement in which they suspect Karasev and other members of the "Social initiatives". According to investigators, he and his partners have collected the money from investors for the construction of housing in Moscow and Moscow region, after which they were stolen. Karasev has chosen measure of restraint as a subscription on their own recognizance.
Criminal cases continue to haunt the former head of the Department of Military Economy Nikolai Zhukovsky Karasev Academy, founded in 1991, the infamous Association "Social Initiative". In May 2009, Karasev, received 10 years in prison for fraud and money laundering, but given 3 years, which he had previously held in jail after arrest and exemplary behavior in prison in Januaryie in 2014 he was released.
By the end of 2013, the Investigative Committee filed against Karasev and other executives "Social Initiative" has 13 criminal cases of fraud with the money of depositors. The charges under Part. 2 and 3 tbsp. 159 of the Criminal Code ( "Fraud") presented to Karasev, his wife and part-time vice president of the company Natalia Karaseva, his daughter - the chief of legal department of Larissa Moshkin, chief accountant Sergei Litovchenko holding, as well as the head of the department of finance and investment Alexei Bykovskii. Since the statute of limitations on episodes Karaseva Moshkin and Autograph is already expired, the case under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code against them was closed for non-rehabilitating grounds. However, Karasev, and Moshkina Litovchenko have also accused on h. 4 Art. 174-1 of the Criminal Code ( "Legalization of money derived from crime"). The first time it was still in prison, and the other two persons involved in a preventive measure as a subscription on their own recognizance. The same measure was soon released from prison and Karasev.
According to "Izvestia", is now revealed another episode Activities & laquo; Social Initiative ", which has opened a new criminal case of fraud. His circumstances are similar to other scam pyramid according to operative data, in the period from June 2003 to November 2004, Karasev, together with his wife and the other managers of the pyramid have launched another campaign to attract co-investors of housing construction in Moscow and Moscow region. Trusting people suffered in the pyramid their money, but the housing and have not received. Victims of the new episode has already recognized 43 people and two firms, which lost a total of 180 million rubles.
Sam Nicholas Karasev and his lawyers were unavailable for comment "Izvestia".
Limited partnership "Social Initiative" is one of the largest Russian financial pyramids. Its subsidiaries operate in 60 cities across the country. Only in Moscow and the Moscow region, the company announced the construction of 30 objects. According to the most conservative estimates, the victims of the pyramid were about 1 thousand. Man, who at the beginning of zero years invested in it about 900 million rubles.
In 2005, investors, and not waitingI his apartment, pulled statements to law enforcement agencies. In the autumn of the same year against the leadership of "Social Initiative" was a criminal case of fraud. Nikolay Karasev was arrested by the winter of 2006.
In May 2009, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow has sentenced Karasev and other employees "Social Initiative" - his wife Natalia, daughter Larissa Moshkin, chief accountant Sergei Litovchenko. They were found guilty of fraud by 900 million rubles, and the legalization of money received from co-investors construction of residential houses in Moscow on the Boulevard Marshal Rokosovsky, holding 5-8 and 42. Karasev got 10 years in prison, while others - from 7 to 8 years.