Заказчиком работ была Корпорация развития Курской области, которую Смирнов курировал в ранге замминистра. Когда компания-подрядчик не осуществила работы, с нее просто не стали требовать деньги назад. Средства вложили в близкую Смирнову и бенефициару ГК «МонАрх» Андрею Моносову московскую фирму Равновесие капитал, а оттуда вывели в виргинский офшор. Глава Корпорации Лукин не захотел сидеть один и рассказал силовикам о схеме. Теперь ждут политического решения по Смирнову.
Заказчиком работ была Корпорация развития Курской области, которую Смирнов курировал в ранге замминистра. Когда компания-подрядчик не осуществила работы, с нее просто не стали требовать деньги назад. Средства вложили в близкую Смирнову и бенефициару ГК «МонАрх» Андрею Моносову московскую фирму Равновесие капитал, а оттуда вывели в виргинский офшор. Глава Корпорации Лукин не захотел сидеть один и рассказал силовикам о схеме. Теперь ждут политического решения по Смирнову.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 230 points, or 0.7%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3% and 2.2%, respectively. All three indexes began the day with gains before selling off. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. In a statement, the regulator said the search and seizure operation was carried out against seven individuals and one corporate entity at multiple locations in Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar in Gujarat, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion.
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