The Life And Crimes Of Artur Azizov
If you only checked the B2Broker website, you would have no idea about the life and crimes of Artur Azizov. Artur likes to portray himself as a hard-working entrepreneur come good, taking his staff out for lavish parties in Dubai, showing the world a new shiny office in Dubai’s DIFC district, and speaking at panels across the world about the wonders of crypto. If you had only ever seen this, you would think what Artur wants you to think, that he is a smart, well-respected business guru. But Artur has a dark side, one that he does his best to hide.
Artur’s pride and joy, B2Broker, is currently under criminal investigation in Russia, with a case being compiled by Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, who bringing the case under article 159 of the Russian criminal code, which alleges fraud. It’s no surprise Artur left Russia for Dubai. And it is not the first of his many run-ins with the law. Azizov has a history of defrauding his partners. He also likes to drink and take drugs.
In 2012, Artur had two businesses going in Russia, Alpha Business Consulting and the TKS Group. Both were forerunners to B2Broker, both ended in disaster and both attempted to defraud their partners. Some of the partners didn’t like this. Some of them kidnapped Artur, telling a judge that he had defrauded them, taken their money, promised them returns and then not even bothering to operate TKS group. The company didn’t do anything. Artur just collected the money.
Another partner, this time with Alpha Business Consulting, filed two cases against Artur in Belgorod and Kazan, two Russian cities. Again, Artur took his partner’s money, and again he failed to make anything of it. The company collapsed, his clients were left wondering how he had managed to make such a mess, and his business partner decided to sue him to recoup 250,000 dollars.
And that is just the businesses. Artur has also had plenty of run-ins with the law for his drink and drug abuse. He’s not a very good driver, either. It all started in 2006, when he was found guilty of public intoxication in Russia. Since then, he’s broken the speed limit a few times and, more seriously, was arrested in Belgorod in 2007 for narcotics distribution and hit with a three-year suspended sentence, and again arrested in St Petersburg in 2009 for drug possession and sat in a detention centre for 6 months. So, if this is the sort of person you want to invest with, go ahead and get involved with B2Broker but don’t say you were never warned.