As a result of operational-search activities, officers of the CID of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krymsky District detained an accomplice of remote fraudsters.
Operatives found out that a 22-year-old resident of Krasnodar convinced an acquaintance, who was not aware of his criminal intentions, to provide him with the details of her bank card, to which money was received from the victim from Krymsk for a month. The girl believed that she was helping a relative withdraw the money earned on the exchange. In fact, following the instructions of the fraudsters, she took out six loans in several banks for herself and her husband in the total amount of about 6.4 million rubles. The victim transferred the borrowed money to the bank account specified by the scammers. The suspect, having access to this account, converted the received funds into cryptocurrency and transferred it to accomplices.
The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krymsky District initiated a criminal case against the young man on the grounds of a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Fraud". The sanctions of the incriminated part of the article provide for a maximum sentence of imprisonment for up to ten years.
Operatives found out that a 22-year-old resident of Krasnodar convinced an acquaintance, who was not aware of his criminal intentions, to provide him with the details of her bank card, to which money was received from the victim from Krymsk for a month. The girl believed that she was helping a relative withdraw the money earned on the exchange. In fact, following the instructions of the fraudsters, she took out six loans in several banks for herself and her husband in the total amount of about 6.4 million rubles. The victim transferred the borrowed money to the bank account specified by the scammers. The suspect, having access to this account, converted the received funds into cryptocurrency and transferred it to accomplices.
The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krymsky District initiated a criminal case against the young man on the grounds of a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Fraud". The sanctions of the incriminated part of the article provide for a maximum sentence of imprisonment for up to ten years.
