Recycling Cowboys: How Russian Scammers Built a Financial Pyramid Out of Trash - VSquare.org
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A group of Russian fraudsters created two pyramid schemes, swindling victims out of €700 million. They rehearsed their scheme in Poland. At the height of their activity, they were featured in the media and took photos with Andrzej Duda.
  • A group of Russian fraudsters created two pyramid schemes, called Recyclix and Juicy Fields, swindling victims out of €700 million.
  • They rehearsed their scheme in Poland. At the height of their activity, they were featured in the media and even took photos with Polish president Andrzej Duda.
  • After eight years of investigation, the Polish prosecutor’s office charged only a front man — and then let him go free. We later discovered that he became a GRU saboteur who sent out explosive devices that caused fires in Poland, Germany, and the UK.

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