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Russian Terror Plane Plot Linked to European Cannabis and Recycling Ponzi Schemes
One of the co-founders of Recyclix, the scam that proceeded the Juicy Fields cannabis Ponzi scheme, has just been arrested in a Russian terror plot targeting North American bound planes
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Alexander (or Alexandr) Suranovas as he is also known, has certainly been a busy guy. Last month his name hit the global press in connection with an alleged Russian terror plot based in Europe to blow up international flights headed to North America.
However, this is far from Suranovas’ first brush with (at least) Russian mafia if not government linked criminality.
One of those efforts about a decade ago was a scam called Recyclix, run out of Poland for several years in the late 20 teens.
Suranovas’ existence in this most recent plot, along with other evidence about the previous scams he has been connected to and his associates in the same, paints a terrifying picture. Not only are these kinds of frauds on the increase, but so is the violence and anti-democratic activity they fund. While our investigation behind the Juicy Fields scam does not yet provide definitive evidence that funds scammed from investors ended up directly in Ukraine, this latest development is just another sign that…