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A 20-year-old resident of Volgograd is facing two years in prison for participating in a fraudulent scheme to take money from pensioners by deception on the phone. She was a courier who collected money from victims and took it to the attackers. Scammers both reached their victims and continue to call – the efforts of operators and the authorities do not give the proper effect.
10% life span
Anastasia Zvonnikova, a resident of Volgograd, will spend two years of her life in a general regime penal colony for participating in a telephone fraud scheme, according to the decision of the Dzerzhinskiy District Court of Volgograd. This is 10% of her life, since at the time of the verdict she was only 20 years old.
According to the Telegram channel of the Dzerzhinsk district court, Zvonnikova served as a courier – she was supposed to take money from victims who had previously been processed by fraudsters over the phone. According to the results of the investigation, it became known that a group of malefactors, in which Zvonnikova was a member, called elderly Russians and introduced themselves as law enforcement officers. They told their victims a story in colors that their relatives were involved in an accident, and that they urgently needed to pay money in order to avoid bringing this relative to criminal responsibility.
According to the investigation, fraudsters tried to deceive at least five residents of Russia from Volgograd and Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan region) for a total amount of almost 2.16 million rubles, but Zvonnikova did not have time to collect the money – she was detained by law enforcement officers.
It could have been worse
Two years in a general regime penal colony is a very sparing sentence, since Zvonnikova was tried immediately under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation-Part 3 of Article 30 (preparation for a crime and attempted crime) and Part 4 of Article 159 (fraud committed by an organized group or on a particularly large scale or entailed deprivation of a citizen's right to housing).
The defendant acted as part of a group of persons, but other participants in this case are not being investigated.
The maximum penalty under these articles is 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million rubles. or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of up to three years. Zvonnikova will spend five times less time in prison, but she will have to pay the fine – according to the court decision, it amounted to 828 thousand rubles.
At the time of publication of the material, the verdict of the Dzerzhinsk district court of Volgograd has not entered into force. It was announced on March 12, 2024, and from that moment Zvonnikova and her lawyers have 15 calendar days to appeal it.
Lightning-fast case review
The CNews editorial board found the case of Anastasia Zvonnikova in the court file. Judging by the dates, its consideration was very rapid.
The case was submitted to the Dzerzhinsk District Court of Volgograd on January 26, 2024. Four hours later, it was transferred to Judge Svetlana Dolgova. The first meeting on it was held on February 6, 2024. The next hearing was postponed twice, including due to the defendant's failure to appear in the courtroom.
The case was considered in a month and a half.
On March 12, 2024, the final court session was held at the time of publication of the material, at which Anastasia Zvonnikova was sentenced. Judging by the case file, the defense, represented by lawyer Dmitry Biryukov, has not yet filed an appeal.
Why scammers call Russians
Residents of Russia face daily calls from scammers and spammers, and there are no fewer of them. At the same time, all major telecom operators have their own means of dealing with such challenges, and at the state level, an "Anti-fraud" system has been launched by Roskomnadzor, to which all operators operating in Russia are required to connect under the threat of fines and license revocation.
Also in the summer of 2022, the Big Four, together with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS), launched a system of complaints about numbers that receive fraudulent calls. It allows you to block these numbers.
But, apparently, all these measures are not enough to save Russians once and for all from calls from annoying advertisers of scammers and reduce to zero the risk of falling for the tricks of callers and losing money, as well as movable and immovable property. In March 2024, CNews wrote that this requires at least one more anti-fraud system, under which mobile operators will directly cooperate with banks.
10% life span
Anastasia Zvonnikova, a resident of Volgograd, will spend two years of her life in a general regime penal colony for participating in a telephone fraud scheme, according to the decision of the Dzerzhinskiy District Court of Volgograd. This is 10% of her life, since at the time of the verdict she was only 20 years old.
According to the Telegram channel of the Dzerzhinsk district court, Zvonnikova served as a courier – she was supposed to take money from victims who had previously been processed by fraudsters over the phone. According to the results of the investigation, it became known that a group of malefactors, in which Zvonnikova was a member, called elderly Russians and introduced themselves as law enforcement officers. They told their victims a story in colors that their relatives were involved in an accident, and that they urgently needed to pay money in order to avoid bringing this relative to criminal responsibility.
According to the investigation, fraudsters tried to deceive at least five residents of Russia from Volgograd and Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan region) for a total amount of almost 2.16 million rubles, but Zvonnikova did not have time to collect the money – she was detained by law enforcement officers.
It could have been worse
Two years in a general regime penal colony is a very sparing sentence, since Zvonnikova was tried immediately under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation-Part 3 of Article 30 (preparation for a crime and attempted crime) and Part 4 of Article 159 (fraud committed by an organized group or on a particularly large scale or entailed deprivation of a citizen's right to housing).
The defendant acted as part of a group of persons, but other participants in this case are not being investigated.
The maximum penalty under these articles is 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million rubles. or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of up to three years. Zvonnikova will spend five times less time in prison, but she will have to pay the fine – according to the court decision, it amounted to 828 thousand rubles.
At the time of publication of the material, the verdict of the Dzerzhinsk district court of Volgograd has not entered into force. It was announced on March 12, 2024, and from that moment Zvonnikova and her lawyers have 15 calendar days to appeal it.
Lightning-fast case review
The CNews editorial board found the case of Anastasia Zvonnikova in the court file. Judging by the dates, its consideration was very rapid.
The case was submitted to the Dzerzhinsk District Court of Volgograd on January 26, 2024. Four hours later, it was transferred to Judge Svetlana Dolgova. The first meeting on it was held on February 6, 2024. The next hearing was postponed twice, including due to the defendant's failure to appear in the courtroom.
The case was considered in a month and a half.
On March 12, 2024, the final court session was held at the time of publication of the material, at which Anastasia Zvonnikova was sentenced. Judging by the case file, the defense, represented by lawyer Dmitry Biryukov, has not yet filed an appeal.
Why scammers call Russians
Residents of Russia face daily calls from scammers and spammers, and there are no fewer of them. At the same time, all major telecom operators have their own means of dealing with such challenges, and at the state level, an "Anti-fraud" system has been launched by Roskomnadzor, to which all operators operating in Russia are required to connect under the threat of fines and license revocation.
Also in the summer of 2022, the Big Four, together with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS), launched a system of complaints about numbers that receive fraudulent calls. It allows you to block these numbers.
But, apparently, all these measures are not enough to save Russians once and for all from calls from annoying advertisers of scammers and reduce to zero the risk of falling for the tricks of callers and losing money, as well as movable and immovable property. In March 2024, CNews wrote that this requires at least one more anti-fraud system, under which mobile operators will directly cooperate with banks.
