MMM Global

MMM Global (also known as МММ-2011 / МММ-2012) is a Ponzi scheme launched in 2011 by Sergei Mavrodi, with subsidiaries in up to 110 countries.[citation needed] MMM Global is a new avatar of the Russian company MMM, also created by Mavrodi and which operated from 1989 to 2004. The difference between the two is that MMM Global targets developing countries. MMM Global became widely popular in various African countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ghana, with some attributing this popularity to poverty and poor government regulation or law enforcement.[1]

  1. ^ "MMM Global: Russian 'Ponzi scheme' from 1990s reborn and now 'spreading like wildfire' in Africa". Independent.co.uk. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.