Not same happy story here:
"The scheme's creator created a pyramid in the 1990s that was invested in by millions of Russians.[3] Investors in that scheme put their money into "shares" of a company that fell apart after the initial investors attempted to withdraw money from it.[3] Mavrodi was arrested on fraud charges in 2003.[3] He was released in 2007, and ordered to compensate investors millions of dollars.[3]!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMM-2011