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The investigative unit of the Investigative Department for the Investigation of Organized Criminal Activities has completed the investigation and sent a criminal case to the court against a resident of the Moscow Region born in 1981, who was previously convicted of fraud, and who was charged with 8 episodes of crimes under Article 159 of the Criminal Code (Fraud) committed in the period from 2017 to 2022.
The investigation established that during the specified period, the accused committed fraudulent actions on one of the sites of free ads. He bought user accounts with positive reviews and placed ads on them for the sale of equipment and spare parts for computers, without intending to provide them to customers. Since the equipment offered to the accused for sale was used for cryptocurrency mining, the victims preferred to pay by transferring the specified payment means to the accused's crypto wallet.
So in 2020, a resident of Irkutsk responded to the ad, who expressed a desire to purchase at least 6 video cards. The accused informed the potential buyer that he had already sold out all the goods, but he could provide contacts of a reliable supplier. Then, using a virtual phone number, the accused continued to communicate with the victim on behalf of the "supplier" and managed to convince him of the profitability of his offer. After that, the buyer expressed a desire to purchase not 6, but 140 video cards and pay for them with cryptocurrency. The "supplier" agreed to these conditions, but after the victims transferred payment for the goods in cryptocurrency equivalent to more than 1,545,000 rubles, the goods were never provided.
According to a similar scheme, in 2022, funds of residents of Voronezh and Omsk were fraudulently stolen, who transferred a total of more than 3 million 470 thousand rubles in cryptocurrency for the purchase of non-existent video cards.
It also established the involvement of the accused in committing 5 more facts of fraud against residents of Kazan, Yaroslavl and Voronezh, the damage caused ranged from 11 to 87 thousand rubles.
In total, for 8 episodes of fraud, the damage amounted to more than 5 million 200 thousand rubles.
During the investigation, police officers appointed a comprehensive commission forensic accounting and financial and economic expertise to determine the value of the object of theft-cryptocurrency, the production of which was entrusted to experts of the Economic Expertise Department of the Federal Budget Service of the Russian Federation under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. This type of expert examination is the fifth in a row in the practice of experts, which was carried out in the Russian Federation, since crimes of this kind are very rare.
The accused was identified and detained by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Yaroslavl region at his place of residence in the Moscow region, delivered and taken into custody in the Yaroslavl region.
The investigation is now complete. The criminal case with the indictment approved by the Prosecutor's Office was sent to the court for consideration on the merits.
The investigation established that during the specified period, the accused committed fraudulent actions on one of the sites of free ads. He bought user accounts with positive reviews and placed ads on them for the sale of equipment and spare parts for computers, without intending to provide them to customers. Since the equipment offered to the accused for sale was used for cryptocurrency mining, the victims preferred to pay by transferring the specified payment means to the accused's crypto wallet.
So in 2020, a resident of Irkutsk responded to the ad, who expressed a desire to purchase at least 6 video cards. The accused informed the potential buyer that he had already sold out all the goods, but he could provide contacts of a reliable supplier. Then, using a virtual phone number, the accused continued to communicate with the victim on behalf of the "supplier" and managed to convince him of the profitability of his offer. After that, the buyer expressed a desire to purchase not 6, but 140 video cards and pay for them with cryptocurrency. The "supplier" agreed to these conditions, but after the victims transferred payment for the goods in cryptocurrency equivalent to more than 1,545,000 rubles, the goods were never provided.
According to a similar scheme, in 2022, funds of residents of Voronezh and Omsk were fraudulently stolen, who transferred a total of more than 3 million 470 thousand rubles in cryptocurrency for the purchase of non-existent video cards.
It also established the involvement of the accused in committing 5 more facts of fraud against residents of Kazan, Yaroslavl and Voronezh, the damage caused ranged from 11 to 87 thousand rubles.
In total, for 8 episodes of fraud, the damage amounted to more than 5 million 200 thousand rubles.
During the investigation, police officers appointed a comprehensive commission forensic accounting and financial and economic expertise to determine the value of the object of theft-cryptocurrency, the production of which was entrusted to experts of the Economic Expertise Department of the Federal Budget Service of the Russian Federation under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. This type of expert examination is the fifth in a row in the practice of experts, which was carried out in the Russian Federation, since crimes of this kind are very rare.
The accused was identified and detained by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Yaroslavl region at his place of residence in the Moscow region, delivered and taken into custody in the Yaroslavl region.
The investigation is now complete. The criminal case with the indictment approved by the Prosecutor's Office was sent to the court for consideration on the merits.
