USSR's most famous counterfeiter

Viktor Ivanovich began his journey to the high rank of the king of Soviet counterfeiters by dipping a nickel in ink and putting it to paper. It was in 1965. After reflecting on the resulting impression, he went to the regional library named after M.Y. Lermontov. M.Y. Lermontov, thinking to find there books on printing that interested him. Neither there, nor in second-hand stores, nor in conversations with employees of the printing house of the newspaper “Stavropol Pravda” secret knowledge of the mint Baranov, alas, did not acquire. And then Viktor Ivanovich took a vacation and flew to Moscow.

86 years later, he was found not guilty and apologized

  • I am now face to face with my Maker, and I swear by Almighty God that I am an innocent man!

On April 24, 1922, 29-year-old Australian Colin Campbell Ross began his farewell speech with these words. He had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl. With a rope already around his neck, he finished:

Russian hacker in a New York bank

Money is the universal equivalent of values. Despite its commonality, the equivalent is clearly inconvenient, and often easily accessible to people seeking easy gain.

Posh Scam in Russia by MMM

MMM is the largest financial pyramid scheme in the USSR and Russia, founded by Sergei Mavrodi. Up to 15 million Soviet and Russian citizens participated in MMM activities.