Officers of the UBK of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region detained a local resident. He is suspected of remote fraud.
"According to preliminary data, since May 2023, the attacker and his accomplices have been posting ads on various online trading platforms for the sale of power tools. Due to the fact that the product was offered at a price below the market price, it was in high demand. After the client entered his data and confirmed the transaction, a purchase and sale agreement was sent to his email. It indicated the details of the bank card to pay for the goods. After receiving the money, the seller deleted the correspondence and stopped contacting the buyer," said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.
As a result of operational-search measures, the police, with the power support of Rosgvardia officers, detained the suspect. During a search at his place of residence, smartphones, bank and SIM cards, a laptop and other items of evidentiary value were seized.
An investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under part 2 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The defendant was chosen a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.
"The swindler is also suspected of creating at least nine phishing sites on the Internet. At the moment, it has been established that 10 more criminal cases have been initiated on the facts of his criminal activities in other regions of the Russian Federation.
Currently, operational-search measures are being carried out to identify other participants in illegal activities," said Irina Volk.
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"According to preliminary data, since May 2023, the attacker and his accomplices have been posting ads on various online trading platforms for the sale of power tools. Due to the fact that the product was offered at a price below the market price, it was in high demand. After the client entered his data and confirmed the transaction, a purchase and sale agreement was sent to his email. It indicated the details of the bank card to pay for the goods. After receiving the money, the seller deleted the correspondence and stopped contacting the buyer," said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.
As a result of operational-search measures, the police, with the power support of Rosgvardia officers, detained the suspect. During a search at his place of residence, smartphones, bank and SIM cards, a laptop and other items of evidentiary value were seized.
An investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under part 2 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The defendant was chosen a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.
"The swindler is also suspected of creating at least nine phishing sites on the Internet. At the moment, it has been established that 10 more criminal cases have been initiated on the facts of his criminal activities in other regions of the Russian Federation.
Currently, operational-search measures are being carried out to identify other participants in illegal activities," said Irina Volk.
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