In Saratov police officers detained suspects of multimillion-dollar fraud

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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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In Saratov, the police completed the investigation of a criminal case against those accused of committing fraud in the field of computer information

The accused of committing the crime - two local residents - were identified and detained by officers of the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia together with Saratov colleagues in May of this year.

It was established that the attackers discovered a software vulnerability in the system of the service application of the organization that offered taxi services. It made it possible to illegally receive 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 credited to the account of one of the scammers. For several months of illegal activity, the damage exceeded 4.8 million rubles.

As a result of operational-search measures, the police, with the power support of Rosgvardia officers, detained the suspects. During searches at their places of residence, personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, bank cards, money in the amount of 1.5 million rubles and other items of evidentiary value were seized.

During the investigation of the criminal case, the property of the accused was seized in the amount of more than 5 million rubles.

At present, the investigator of the investigative unit of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Saratov Region sent a criminal case with an indictment for the commission of a crime by the defendants under part 4 of article 159.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, to the Leninsky District Court of the city of Saratov for consideration on the merits.

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