C.INVEST: depositors’ reviews, fund history

C.INVEST: reviews from depositors, fund history

Company C.INVEST positions itself as a high-yield trust management fund and is engaged in asset management, mainly profiting from the cryptocurrency market. Clients are promised high profitability and risk minimization. Perhaps it was so for some time. But in recent months, the reviews about the company have turned sharply negative. What is the reason for this and what is the current situation in C.INVEST today – read below.

Company education and development

C.INVEST was founded in November 2020 by a certain Diana Shuhratbekovna Iconnikova, better known on Instagram as ne.diva. The enterprising girl has been trading for over five years, so successfully that she was able to multiply her capital several times, open a mining farm, launch her own token Di.va, and earn purely for fun up to $10,000 a day.

On the wave of success, Diana decided to establish the hedge fund C.INVEST. The first offices were opened in Kazakhstan, then the geography expanded, branches appeared in St. Petersburg and Krasnodar. The marketing campaign of C.INVEST was mainly conducted on social networks and, it must be admitted, quite successfully. Each post collected hundreds of likes and enthusiastic reviews, future investors watched with fascination the travels and luxurious life of the diva. Several times the fund held events where iPhones and valuable prizes were raffled among the best investors.

Additional funds Diana received by selling courses, for example, “Cryptotrading from scratch.” Thanks to the popularity of the fund, there were enough people willing to learn personally from the founder of C.INVEST. Some of the students, judging by the information on the website, later became employees of the company.

In addition to social networks, communication was carried out on Telegram, and C.INVEST had several platforms: cinvest.global, cinvest.kz, spb.cinvest.site, and krd.cinvest.site (formerly krd.cinvest.ru, spb.cinvest.ru). Currently, individual sites are blocked, Telegram chats are deleted, and the fund’s page on Instagram is also closed.

The beautiful story ended banally – C.INVEST collapsed, and all investors’ deposits were blocked. This did not happen instantly; the first signs that the pyramid was about to collapse were seen last year. At that time, many depositors did not receive payments on their deposits, but the trust in the fund was so high that the influx of new clients compensated for the shortfall. Moreover, in response to criticism, C.INVEST made the original decision to raise the entry threshold, allegedly to protect itself from negativity.

Despite all efforts, like any pyramid, C.INVEST still burst. The wave of indignation and threats from cheated depositors forced the management to close all offices and dismiss employees. Today, the only available means of communication is Diana’s personal page on Instagram. It must be admitted that the girl still responds to comments, assuring that everyone will receive payments, but in turn. According to the latest information, Diana and her family have left the country. There is no reliable information that deposits are being returned.

Warnings from regulators of Kazakhstan and Russia

Since the cryptocurrency market is not regulated in most countries, the investment project did not receive and could not receive a license for its activities. But the founder’s self-confidence played a cruel joke on her: by declaring in open sources (on the website and in her personal Instagram account) that she had obtained a license, she attracted the attention of government regulators. Already in September 2021, the Committee of the International Financial Center “Astana” on the Regulation of Financial Services (AFSA) warns consumers of lies and demands to close cinvest.kz.

Later, in December 2021, the Central Bank of Russia publishes its warning and blacklists C.INVEST. Roskomnadzor begins the procedure of blocking sites, depositors massively withdraw their deposits.

Predictably, within a few days, C.INVEST collapsed, and cheated investors leave negative reviews and seek ways to recover at least part of their money.

Profitability of deposits in C.INVEST

Cryptocurrencies can indeed bring millions to lucky traders; this market is very volatile. This allowed C.INVEST to promise unimaginable profitability in all its directions:

• up to 160% per year on deposits in cryptocurrency,
• up to 200% profit per year when investing in mining,
• up to 1000% per year on futures contracts.

On cinvest.global, the investment conditions are not described, and none of the legal documents are published. Due to partial blocking, it is impossible to find out the details: registration is closed, there is no feedback from the support service. It is known only that the entry threshold was from $20,000, and in some directions – $50,000. The maximum drawdown was announced from 25% to 100%, but even for deposits with minimal drawdown, investors did not receive payments.

Reviews of C.INVEST depositors

At first, the pyramid was actively promoted, including with the help of purchased reviews. But after the need for this disappeared, ne.diva’s followers spread her fame across the network. There were indeed many positive reviews, but soon they were replaced by threats and complaints:

How C.INVEST scammed clients?

All this sham was based solely on the personal brand created by Diana Iconnikova. By promoting her page, the girl was able to attract hundreds and thousands of clients who also wanted to live a beautiful life and enjoy luxury.

The initial payments and positive reviews further strengthened the image of C.INVEST. Investors obediently bore the last, some mortgaged cars and apartments to pay the required amount. According to rough estimates, Iconnikova managed to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars under the guise of investments. This allowed C.INVEST to pay interest, but when the obligations became too great, the payments stopped.

Review summary

The company started its activity as a hedge fund but eventually turned out to be a regular pyramid. After warnings from regulators and site blocking, the outflow of clients began, and C.INVEST collapsed. Hundreds of trusting depositors lost all their savings and hope for the help of law enforcement agencies. The founder of the fund, together with her family, left Kazakhstan.