Having acquired the business, Probusinessbank now has to meet the claims laid by Bank24.ru’s customers. The latter, in its turn, used to handle the payment transactions of a pyramid scheme that collapsed about two years ago, Kommersant reports.

For one, Moscow Arbitration Court accepted the claim laid by a Yekaterinburg dweller Sergey Khlopov against Global Gaming Expo (GGE), its founder Alexei Kalinichenko, and Bank24.ru. Khlopov insists on declaring invalid the agreements he signed with the defendants because of GGE’s proclaimed insolvency. In the meantime, financially, Khlopov’s claim will have to be handled by the new owner, that is, Probusinessbank that acquired Bank24.ru in December 2008.