On March 19, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Approximately 11,000 brochures and stickers bearing the "MMM-2011" logo were seized by KGB officers in the Vitebsk region during a special operation, the press group of the regional department informed BELTA correspondent. During a special operation to suppress the illegal activities of the financial pyramid "MMM-2011" in the region, officers of the KGB Directorate for the Vitebsk Region seized over 3,500 brochures, about 7,500 stickers with the campaign's logo, computers, laptops, office equipment, and electronic media. Currently, investigative measures are underway to identify the individuals involved in the financial pyramid's activities, active participants are being interviewed, and bank accounts where funds were transferred are being checked. The KGB Directorate for the Vitebsk Region warns residents of the region that "MMM-2011" activities constitute a common financial pyramid aimed at extracting funds from citizens of the country. As reported, the KGB of Belarus conducted a special operation to stop the activities of the "MMM-2011" financial pyramid. A criminal case has been initiated against the organizers of the Belarusian branch of this project under Part 3 of Article 233 (illegal entrepreneurial activity) of the Criminal Code. The KGB stated that a group of individuals, having preliminarily united into a managed stable group to carry out joint criminal activities from 2011 to March 16, 2012, acting on behalf of an entity not registered in the established legal manner in Belarus, "MMM-2011", intentionally engaged in illegal entrepreneurial activity, resulting in income of a particularly large scale. "MMM-2011" is an internet pyramid targeting residents of the former USSR and Russian-speaking users in general. Investors purchase peculiar virtual shares or currency – "mavro". They are promised rather high interest rates, for example, 50% per month. The pyramid was created by Sergey Mavrodi, known as the founder of the "MMM" cooperative in the former USSR. Not long ago, a Russian court arrested Sergey Mavrodi for five days for non-payment of a fine. Meanwhile, enforcement documents against Mavrodi continue to be received by the bailiff service of one of the Moscow courts. Judging by them, he owes money to many people, and the court may impose many more administrative sentences.