The investigation of the Kovylkinsky MMO of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has completed the investigation of criminal cases against a 26-year-old resident of the Novosibirsk Region, accused of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Fraud committed with causing significant damage to a citizen by an organized group", and a 27-year-old resident of the Sverdlovsk region, accused of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Fraud committed with causing significant damage to a citizen by an organized group". Part 3 of Article 30, Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Attempted fraud committed with causing significant damage to a citizen by an organized group".
The criminal activity of these individuals was stopped during operational search activities by the criminal Investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation "Kovylkinsky".
As part of the preliminary investigation, it was established that the accused found information about the possibility of additional earnings remotely in Internet chats. After contacting unknown people via messenger, they agreed to look for citizens willing to provide their bank cards for a certain fee, allegedly under the pretext of carrying out legal activities in the field of earning money on cryptocurrency. Information about the numbers and PIN codes of the defendants was provided under the control of unknown curators.
As it turned out, the accused were involved in a criminal scheme that was based on the receipt of money by the leaders of an organized group, the criminal case against which is allocated in separate proceedings, from citizens fraudulently. So, as a result of the criminal actions of the defendants, two residents of the Kovylkinsky district were injured. One of them transferred 38,800 rubles to the account provided by fraudsters as an advance payment for the purchase of edged boards. The victim found false information about the sale of goods on the site of free ads. The second victim, being sure that he was acting in his personal interests, believed the unknown people, took out a loan in the amount of 1.5 million rubles and transferred several payments to the specified bank cards. All funds were transferred to accounts linked to payment cards and cashed out by fraudsters.
Residents of the Novosibirsk and Sverdlovsk regions fully admitted their guilt. Materials of criminal cases were sent to the court for consideration on the merits.
Currently, the defendants are in a pre-trial detention center for committing, among other things, similar crimes.
The criminal activity of these individuals was stopped during operational search activities by the criminal Investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation "Kovylkinsky".
As part of the preliminary investigation, it was established that the accused found information about the possibility of additional earnings remotely in Internet chats. After contacting unknown people via messenger, they agreed to look for citizens willing to provide their bank cards for a certain fee, allegedly under the pretext of carrying out legal activities in the field of earning money on cryptocurrency. Information about the numbers and PIN codes of the defendants was provided under the control of unknown curators.
As it turned out, the accused were involved in a criminal scheme that was based on the receipt of money by the leaders of an organized group, the criminal case against which is allocated in separate proceedings, from citizens fraudulently. So, as a result of the criminal actions of the defendants, two residents of the Kovylkinsky district were injured. One of them transferred 38,800 rubles to the account provided by fraudsters as an advance payment for the purchase of edged boards. The victim found false information about the sale of goods on the site of free ads. The second victim, being sure that he was acting in his personal interests, believed the unknown people, took out a loan in the amount of 1.5 million rubles and transferred several payments to the specified bank cards. All funds were transferred to accounts linked to payment cards and cashed out by fraudsters.
Residents of the Novosibirsk and Sverdlovsk regions fully admitted their guilt. Materials of criminal cases were sent to the court for consideration on the merits.
Currently, the defendants are in a pre-trial detention center for committing, among other things, similar crimes.
