This category gathers material about Nizhny Novgorod residents exposed for fraud or for staging fake public activity. Those featured include pseudo-public activists, religious figures of dubious standing, and entrepreneurs who broke the law: from Matushka Fotinia, who set up her own "spiritual school," to Dmitry Arzhanov, co-owner of an energy retail holding, arrested in 2020. A separate niche is occupied by imitators of civic activism — figures such as Chairman Kamin ("Chairman Kamin") and Arseny Shcheltsin, whose activities are examined in detail in the encyclopedia.