Now, probably, you will not surprise anyone with characters with extremely complicated biographies, whose faces often flash on federal channels. For example, in the biography of a journalist from the USA, Greg Weiner, one can find many interesting stories. Some of them have recently become public. Now in Russia, many viewers are interested in the biography and personal life of Greg Weiner. But why, right now, has this man become so popular? And what is actually behind the biography of US journalist Greg Weiner?
Some details
Not so long ago, the named man was introduced to a large audience as an American journalist and began to appear on Russian television channels. One of the American's acquaintances, seeing his face on one of the talk shows, was very surprised and even discouraged. After all, a man saw before him a man who was engaged in a completely different activity and, in addition, had a different name.
Greg’s friends and neighbors were confused by the fact that the man simply changed his surname and name. And so, when the truth began to seep out, many Russian residents became really interested in the biography of US journalist Greg Weiner. Photos of this person are increasingly appearing on the Web and on the pages of newspapers, attracting more and more attention.
How did Weiner end up in Russia?
In fact, Greg Weiner, famous today, whose biography and photo is presented in our article, is a Russian businessman. He once headed the branch of his travel agency in the United States and, at birth, received his first and last name Grigory Vinnikov. Due to huge debts and difficulties in business, Grigory had to close his own business and return to his homeland - to Russia.
Life in the USA
In America, Vinnikov developed quite a stormy activity. In the 90s, he opened his own business - a travel company specializing in the sale of airline tickets and assistance in obtaining all the necessary documents for the Russian diaspora. Gregory’s business developed successfully until 2012 - by this time he had accumulated impressive debts for the rental of expensive premises in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Shortly before the travel agency was ruined, Vinnikov founded another company that provided legal assistance to the Americans. Grigory still owes a lot of money to the clients of this company. In addition, many of his clients complain that the scammer stole from them not only money under the pretext of obtaining visas and passports, but also very valuable documents.
After an unexpected ruin, Vinnikov had to close offices, leave the United States and return to Russia. Already at home, he learned about the presence of a very serious disease - cancer. Here, the failed businessman underwent a course of therapy and stayed alive.
Contacting his comrades in America, Vinnikov said that he would pay off all his debts as soon as his real estate in New Jersey was sold. A collective civil lawsuit was organized against Gregory, but after it turned out that the businessman had escaped, the case suspended due to complicated Russian-American relations.
By the way, after a good search, you can find an entertaining article in a newspaper called "The Seagull". Here you can also find out about the biography of Greg Weiner. New York journalist Vladimir Kozlovsky describes in quite some detail the activities of a fraudster in the USA and his actions after the financial collapse.
Greg Wagner's public appearance
In fact, the biography of Greg Weiner originates from the first appearance on the Russian public. Once on the Russian TV channel, Gregory decided to acquire an American pseudonym. And so the famous Greg was born.
A newly made American journalist was invited as an expert to one of the First Channel projects. At the program, the presenter did not tell the audience the kind of activity of Weiner and his place of work - the specific name of the publication was concealed. In addition, one feature could not escape the attention of the audience: the American spoke surprisingly clearly and absolutely without accent in Russian. The truth about the impostor journalist was told by Vinnikov's acquaintance on the social network. It was here that the veil of secrecy was opened over the biography of Greg Weiner: it turned out that the former businessman simply stole the money of his clients and fled to St. Petersburg.
Vinnikov's activities
In recent years, Gregory managed to appear on several Russian shows: for example, in the "Meeting Point" on NTV and the "Open Studio" on the "Fifth Channel".
But as a journalist, Greg Weiner proved himself in America. While in the United States, he was the organizer of round tables at which Russian-speaking politicians and journalists discussed the most important issues. Weiner was regularly invited to various programs as a political commentator. That is, Vinnikov is precisely an analyst with a sufficient level of knowledge. But there are no articles in his luggage. According to Vinnikov himself, the profession of a journalist was not invented at all - he really graduated from the corresponding faculty in the States.
In 2003, Grigory Vinnikov developed and proposed the Contact project to the American television channel RTN. But after only a month, he refused to be the host of this program, because he could not stand the daily schedule.
The fate of the impostor
How exactly Vinnikov came to the attention of Russian television channels and the press is not known. Gregory himself in most cases simply remains silent, once again proving that there are probably dark spots in the biography of Greg Weiner.
By the way, under the laws of Russia, a notorious swindler is absolutely not threatened, since domestic laws are significantly different from American law.