Sergei Kharlamov


Sergei Sergeyevich Kharlamov is a former Russian professional football player.

Career

Kharlamov captained FC Rubin Kazan from 1999 to 2004.

Arrest

After he retired from playing football, Kharlamov was involved in marketing investments for a Kazan-based credit production company, Rost, which the Republic of Tatarstan Interior Ministry determined to be an illegal financial pyramid scheme. The Ministry charged Kharlamov with participating in the defrauding of 3,500 investors from December 2013 to March 2015.
On 30 July 2020, prosecutors at trial requested a sentence of 16.5 years of imprisonment.

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