Penza police detained the managers and employees of a beauty salon.
Honey massage from a mechanic
Over a hundred residents of Penza told the police about the fraud at the clinic with the pretentious name of “Europe”. At first the staff offered to potential customers — most of them were women aged over 50 to undergo free medical tests, a prerequisite of which was a passport. Then, under various pretexts, forced the citizens to conclude a disadvantageous for them to credit agreements in amounts ranging from 50 to 200 thousand rubles.
Business were southerners: Aramayis, Magican from Adygea and Eduard Melkonyan from the Krasnodar region. For both dealers Penza was not the first city where they opened an illegal beauty salon with a typically fraudulent scheme, but, in all probability, the first, where they opened a criminal case.
“International health clinic” was located on the outskirts of the shopping center “Olimp” on the third floor. At the same place where you previously closed the salon DeSheli, no less scandalous network cosmetology services.
In addition to body care (e.g. massage and mesotherapy), face (e.g., diamond microdermabrasion) and hair, the school offered to conduct laboratory research. Including hormonal and biochemical blood tests and tests for tumor markers. The provision of services in the “clinic” was conducted by the staff in white coats with no medical training. In particular, for complex diagnostics of health meets professional auto mechanic, reported by the official representative of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia Irina Wolf.
Suitcase credit for 100 thousand roubles
Local resident Elena Berezina said that in Europe she was offered the treatment of varicose veins. With a 30-percent discount — “only” 109 $ instead of 155 thousand rubles. Another pensack Diana Khalitova announced that it was persuaded to issue the credit for two-and-a-half hours, discounts and “pluses”:
“One of them insisted that I just really need this procedure: “So pleasant!”. When I said I need to talk to my husband, rudely replied that he did not give these calculations.”
One of the first on fraud in July last year publicly said pensack Natalia Limasawa. She, like many citizens, have repeatedly called on scrubs and despite the failures, again and again offered “free” diagnostic and cosmetic services. Being a nursing mother, the girl had problems with the hands, so when she promised paraffin wrap, she agreed to come.
Obligatory condition was the passport, and Eyewash Lemasolai allowed to fill in a questionnaire about the presence of certain diseases. While she waited for the “doctor” who will hold the promised procedure, she was approached by a man and introduced himself as “Manager-beautician”. He said that the doctor is busy, but they have time to take the test on the skin and hair.
When Lemasovo refused, the man, after consulting with management, offered her a chocolate wrap “absolutely free”. Between times he said that to them in the salon comes to “look at patients and to treat the” well-known local surgeon.
“Then we talked about kids, weather, life. He I “extruded” one and a half hours (I waited just for chocolate wrapping), but in the end I gave up and said that I should go. He said that for the chocolate wrap need to pay, and other procedures can not be done, since all machines are busy.”
Hundreds of Penza citizens — mostly older women — cheating could not be avoided. As anonymous told one of the victims, under pressure from fraudsters (“there was a conversation about my life: where I worked who studied where and how to live”) she signed a contract for 100 thousand rubles — a subscription for two and a half years.
The Mask Of Cleopatra
In 2012, entrepreneur from Maykop Aramais, Mehrikan registered in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region beauty salon “Paris”. The total turnover of the company, according to SPARK, amounted to two million rubles. The businessman later opened a second salon — the “Kingdom of beauty”.
In 2015, a local resident by the name of Volkov turned to the Arzamas city court. It turned out that in one of the salons of Marikana after free beauty treatment, she signed a contract for a subscription for a large sum. Credit she had to spend a few massages, make “mask of Cleopatra”, mesotherapy, lifting and peeling.
After a few treatments the skin inflamed Volkova — woman was diagnosed with allergic dermatitis of the neck, face and chest. She tried to get the money back in the cabin, but Mehrikan she refused.
Since services in cosmetology refers to the medical activities subject to licensing, the court asked Marikana resolution. However, the entrepreneur in court were not, and the license is not submitted. It is unknown whether he paid the fine.
At this time already six months in his name and the name of Eduard Melkonyan in Penza was was another salon — “diamond beauty”, where you can continue brilliantly simple fraud scheme. On it, according to open sources, Mehrikan and Melkonyan took a loan of over six million.
As noted by the resident of Penza Oksana Tarasenko, always changed names: back in the fall of 2015, it was called “diamond beauty”, then DeSheli and finally became “Europe”.
The loss of the company at the end of 2015 amounted to 3,5 million rubles. Further records of the dealers from the South is not published, so about how much “Europe” earned defrauded pensaco, we can only guess.
Staff — on “Europe”
A resident of Penza, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke about what happened during the interview in “Europe”: “the First thing I told the HR Manager, when I walked into the office: “you Have such pretty hair.” Repeated several times with loving eyes: “my gold” “my dear” — apparently, they are so accepted.” A conversation with potential clients from a database held in a specific scenario. Salary depended on those who came to the salon people.
But most of all, the girl was surprised that in the lobby where she filled out the form, there were a lot of older persons:
“Near the village Granny of sixty years, said that treats the ear. I already became ill. There is no physician there, some teenagers are working for pennies. She was appointed ten sessions, she gave 50 thousand rubles. I asked her does. She quietly said no”.
Another pensack also wished not to give his name, said that Eduard Melkonyan and Aramais, Mehrikan delayed salaries and are constantly followed with the help of CCTV cameras: “Created the appearance of an expensive beauty salon and medical services — without a license and equipment. The real cowboy’s office.”
As reported RIA Novosti a source in the Department for combating economic crimes of the Metropolitan police, such a network is quite a lucrative business for organized criminal groups. In addition to common fraud schemes, they have a unified database of contacts people have managed to cheat. While detaining one group, another continues to work on them.
Scale you can imagine if you go to a social network “Vkontakte” in group “Affected firms DeSheli, SOLEIMER, Mon Platin” (typical fraudulent dealers) is more than ten thousand people.
The culmination of this success
When in mid-April in the “clinic” was raided by the police and Regardie, the residents of Penza happy. Ilya Muravyov said that it was “absolutely true”:
“Not so long ago snatched from their clutches of his mother-in-law. Ran to the clinic an hour later after it began to “compress”.
The soldiers of Regardie detained 12 people — members of the organization. The room is sealed, the customer base is withdrawn. The leaders of the “clinic” — Mehrikan and Melkonyan — by the court in custody. Another person involved the measure of restraint in the form of house arrest, the rest under house arrest.
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If the court finds fraud in especially large size, dealers from the South will face imprisonment of up to ten years.
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