Employees of the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia together with their Saratov colleagues detained two local residents. They are suspected of multi-million dollar fraud.
"It was previously established that the attackers discovered a software vulnerability in the system of the service application of the organization that offered taxi services. It allowed illegal receipt of funds transferred as payment. In one of the social networks, the defendants created an account in which they offered transportation with a 50% discount. Thanks to the fraudulent scheme, user payments were transferred to the account of one of the scammers. For several months of illegal activity, the damage exceeded 4.6 million rubles.
As a result of operational search activities, police officers with the power support of Rosgvardiya employees detained the suspects. During searches at their places of residence, personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, bank cards, cash in the amount of 1.5 million rubles and other items of evidentiary value were seized, " said Irina Volk, an official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry.
An investigator of the investigative unit of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Saratov region opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. All the detainees were given a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.
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"It was previously established that the attackers discovered a software vulnerability in the system of the service application of the organization that offered taxi services. It allowed illegal receipt of funds transferred as payment. In one of the social networks, the defendants created an account in which they offered transportation with a 50% discount. Thanks to the fraudulent scheme, user payments were transferred to the account of one of the scammers. For several months of illegal activity, the damage exceeded 4.6 million rubles.
As a result of operational search activities, police officers with the power support of Rosgvardiya employees detained the suspects. During searches at their places of residence, personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, bank cards, cash in the amount of 1.5 million rubles and other items of evidentiary value were seized, " said Irina Volk, an official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry.
An investigator of the investigative unit of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Saratov region opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. All the detainees were given a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.
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