Colombia has been going through a period where pyramids are a common business to invest in. Some people invested all of their life savings in the hope that they would get high profits. As some of them did, and the return was so high, they reinvested their earnings. This worked until the day the business decided to close its doors and steal all the money from their clients. A number of these businesses were illegal; therefore it was very easy to close them down if intercepted. But in the case of the company DMG and a couple other ones, they were legitimate companies that apparently were operating legally, some for almost 6 years. The doubt began when an investigation started and it was found out that many people investing in this company were not able to justify where all this money came from. This is when the government decided to intervene as it was thought that there were connections with illicit money originating from drug trafficking.
51 DMG offices were closed all over the country and in total it has been estimated that the 300 pyramids are in possession of around 2 trillion pesos, almost 850 million US dollars. This situation is very worrying as it has caused a huge social problem in the country. The consequences are so negative that there have been 3 suicides in only 2 days. People feel so stupid for having investing their life savings in these types of business that they believe there is no reason to keep on living. The question is, should they feel this way? It is incredible to see how people keep on investing in these businesses after the government has emphasised that they are illegal and that at the end of the day, they will not earn anything. What does this tell us about the Colombian society? Once again giving the image of lazy people that want to earn money in an easy way? Clearly it was not enough with the easy making drug dealing business, Colombians still want to give an even more negative image to the country.
51 DMG offices were closed all over the country and in total it has been estimated that the 300 pyramids are in possession of around 2 trillion pesos, almost 850 million US dollars. This situation is very worrying as it has caused a huge social problem in the country. The consequences are so negative that there have been 3 suicides in only 2 days. People feel so stupid for having investing their life savings in these types of business that they believe there is no reason to keep on living. The question is, should they feel this way? It is incredible to see how people keep on investing in these businesses after the government has emphasised that they are illegal and that at the end of the day, they will not earn anything. What does this tell us about the Colombian society? Once again giving the image of lazy people that want to earn money in an easy way? Clearly it was not enough with the easy making drug dealing business, Colombians still want to give an even more negative image to the country.
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