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"Guys, I didn't have time to make breakfast." A businessman from Novosibirsk organized an illegal children's camp in Sochi.

Arthur Minzar from the city of Ob rented a house in Sochi and gave an advertisement It was supposedly a children's camp. It operated on behalf of a non-profit organization with the telling name "Unknown People." Dozens of parents fell for the scam and bought their children trips costing upwards of 50 rubles. Now the parents are broke, and the children are broke.

Sunny Island Camp He had been operating since last year. He had no license or other permits. According to some reports, the children were left to their own devices and weren't always fed on time—in the video, an employee says to a child: "Guys, I'm sorry, I didn't have time to make breakfast. How dare I, huh?"According to other sources, the children even liked it: the rules are democratic, and the food is burgers.

In July, police raided the camp, and the children were sent to a rehabilitation center until their parents arrived. Parents who had purchased vouchers for August received a notice: the camp was no longer operating and should file a lawsuit for a refund.

Nizhegorodka Ekaterina Solomina I bought tickets for two children and paid almost 100 thousand rubles.

"They didn't contact us again; they immediately blocked all our numbers. We lived for a week, not knowing what was going on. Now we know they're real scammers."- said Olga, she is. 

According to some data, the company's balance sheet at the end of last year amounted to 945 million rublesA criminal case has been opened against the businessman under the article on illegal entrepreneurship.

In early July, supervisory authorities closed illegal camp near Tver - it was located on a private plot, actually in a private house. Vladimir region closed The illegal sports camp "Zamaniya Camp," opened by Muscovites, also lacked a license. It appears illegal children's camps have become a new way to rip people off.