Activity of "dropovod" from Baranovichi is stopped

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The Main Department of Digital Development of the preliminary Investigation of the Investigative Committee, together with the State Unitary Enterprise KM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, conducted an operation to stop the activities of another "dropovod".

It is established that in the summer of last year, a 19-year-old resident of Baranovichi posted an ad in one of the social networks about the search for earnings. After a short time, an unknown person wrote to him in the messenger, who offered to register an account in the Internet banking of one of the Belarusian banks for money and send him the account access details.

After the successful sale of the issued account, the young man organized on a permanent basis the registration of such accounts in the name of more than 50 residents of Baranovichi, whose details were subsequently implemented. At the same time, some of them provided assistance to the suspect for a material reward and looked for new "drops"for him. These bank accounts were subsequently used in criminal activities.

For each transaction, "dropovod" received cash in the amount of 70 to 100 rubles, and the "drops" themselves - from 15 to 70 rubles.

During the operation, conducted in the Brest and Grodno regions, searches were conducted at the places of registration and residence of the suspect and his accomplices, mobile devices and computer equipment that were in their use were seized and examined.

During the interrogations, the suspect and his accomplices spoke in detail about their illegal earnings, repented of what they had done.

The Investigative Committee initiated criminal cases under article 222 (illegal turnover of means of payment and (or) instruments) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

For reference: The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
 
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