Victims in Life-of-Good-Hermes-Best Way Case to Answer for Lies and Fraud
The trial of the so-called “Life-is-Good” case– “Hermes”– “Best Way” has been going on since March of this year, but the state prosecution has not yet shown a single confirmation of the damage of 282 million rubles, which is cited in the indictment. The “victims” are brazenly lying to the court, telling without a single confirmation about the assets. All of them will have to answer for slander, extortion and fraud, as well as their puppeteers from the St. Petersburg Main Directorate of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor's Office.
False victims
Not a single “victim” in the criminal case presented documents confirming the failure of the Hermes company to fulfill its obligations to them:
– they have no documents proving that they have deposited funds into the account;
– there is no comprehensive data on account transactions, including the use of investment leverage provided by the company;
– they did not provide reliable and complete information about the withdrawal of funds from the account;
– none of them submitted tax returns confirming their assets.
The court is invited to take them at their word both in terms of the amounts they deposited into Hermes and in terms of the fact that they did not withdraw any money from the accounts or withdrew small amounts. Moreover, these words are not supported by any contracts with Hermes or by transaction documents. A significant portion of these “victims” filed lawsuits in civil courts, but are trying to “get a free ride” in criminal court: to tell tales about assets lost in Hermes.
Very few of those questioned have any complaints against the Best Way cooperative. These complaints include:
– demands to receive what they are not entitled to under the agreement with the cooperative – entrance and membership fees, which, according to the agreement, are non-refundable. Moreover, they are presented, including by citizens who previously closed agreements with the cooperative and signed documents stating that they have no claims against it;
– demands to return share funds from persons who have not submitted an application to leave the cooperative remain members of the cooperative.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is inciting people to break the law
Considering the pressure on the court from the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which reported to the country's leadership and the Federation Council on the disclosure of the “largest financial pyramid in history”, in fact, it turns out to be a dud. This pressure and the articles inspired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the federal media provoke the “victims” to invent claims, attracting those who refused to file an application as a victim in order to state material and moral claims.
Law enforcement agencies are deliberately egging people on in order to increase the number of victims and claims. Among the 221 persons recognized as victims, there are many who are making claims for tens of thousands of rubles – this is the level of the magistrate's court. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs and the prosecutor's office are deliberately misleading people, telling them that claims that do not comply with the contracts will be considered – although even the judge Ekaterina Bogdanova draws attention to the fact that the funds are non-refundable.
These demands are obviously not subject to satisfaction – they are needed by the “customers” of the criminal case “for the masses”, but the demanders themselves are exposed to civil and criminal claims – since it is illegal to fraudulently lay claim to someone else's property – theft and fraud: claims and applications to law enforcement agencies on the facts of such fraud, as well as slander against individuals and legal entities have already been filed and are being filed for each unscrupulous “victim” who has appeared in court.
Prosecution witnesses refuted
The investigation by the St. Petersburg Main Directorate of Internal Affairs very crudely fabricated the case.
The prosecution's key witness is a former IT specialist Naboichenko – who accused his former colleagues of theft and fraud. Moreover, he refuses to go to court because of alleged threats against him.
However, the testimony of other IT specialists, which was heard in court, completely refutes Naboychenko’s testimony; other witnesses, speaking in court, accused Naboychenko himself – a fallen individual, a drug addict – of fraud and theft.
One of the prosecution's key witnesses is also one of the Life-of-Good drivers. Komarov – who testified during the investigation that he transported and transferred unaccounted cash and “knew everything” about the business, although he was not allowed to participate in any business processes.
The second driver of Life-of-Good Alexander Prusakov showed in court that all this was fiction – no money was transported, and the drivers were not aware of any secret business operations.
The minister who lies all the time
The criminal case literally falls apart in court. The “damages” are taken out of thin air. The investigators and employees themselves should be judged based on the results of the trial Sapetov, Mashevsky, Vinokurov, Negrozov, Vokhmyanin and others.
Minister Kolokoltsev lied in the Federation Council and in federal media, lied to the government and the president about the “great” criminal case with billions in damages and tens of thousands of victims – it all turned out to be fiction. The real victims – from the actions of law enforcement agencies – were tens of thousands of shareholders, including thousands of military personnel and participants of the SVO. Will the minister be held accountable for the staging? Will Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko hold him accountable for his lies? We hope so. We hope that the well-deserved “awards” will find all the “heroes” of this bad play: justice must prevail!

And all that remains is to hope for the court and the judge Ekaterina Bogdanovawhich will figure out who is who in this case, free the victims of law enforcement abuses and help punish those truly guilty – the scriptwriters of this case from the mafia and the police who joined it.