There are mixed reviews about MMM Global, the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Sergey Mavrodi. While many people across the internet are calling it an elaborate fraud, there are those, a significant number of people in South Africa who are defending these very schemes.
MMM Global is currently under investigation in South Africa by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation – HAWKS . As the investigation continues, the supporters of MMM have come out in large numbers to protest against the investigation. According to reports, the South African supporters of MMM are holding impromptu marches, flaunting the wealth they have allegedly gained by investing in MMM.
As a part of their display of support towards MMM, the “support group” members had organized Financial Freedom Awareness campaign on April 27, 2016, coinciding with the South Africa’s Freedom Day. They took this opportunity to spread awareness about MMM and its schemes, countering the media’s view of MMM as a pyramid scheme, fleecing money from its investors.
These MMM members are calling themselves Mavrodians, after its founder Sergey Mavrodi. One of the Mavrodian seems to have expressed his opinion about the MMM scheme and their initiative by saying – “MMM is here to stay. We want to fight for financial freedom in our lifetime.” MMM was initially started in 1989 by Sergey Mavrodi. By 1994, it had gained the notoriety of being the most successful Ponzi schemes of that time after the company failed to offer the huge returns it had promised to its investors. MMM has been really aggressive in marketing even in those times. By august 1994, Sergey Mavrodi was arrested for tax evasion by the Russian authorities and again he was arrested for fraud in 2003. He spent his time in prison until he was convicted of the offense and sentenced to […]
