In the Sverdlovsk region, a criminal case on fraud under the pretext of delivering goods through fake online stores was sent to the court

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Operational support in this criminal case was provided by employees of the Department for Combating the Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies (UBK) of the regional police headquarters.

Investigators of the investigative unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Yekaterinburg have completed the investigation of a criminal case against two accused of committing crimes under hch. 2, 3 and 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Fraud".

As it was established during the preliminary investigation, in the period from July to November 2022, the defendants created six online stores for the delivery of goods of various ranges through social networks, receiving money from potential buyers as an advance payment. At the same time, the defendants were not going to fulfill their obligations to the victims. After receiving the money, the attackers blocked access to their online service and added gullible citizens to the blacklist.

In total, the accused have 45 episodes of this illegal activity on their account, totaling about 2.2 million rubles.

As a result of organized operational search activities, employees of the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Sverdlovsk region managed to identify and detain the participants of this organized group. One of them turned out to be a resident of Tavda, born in 2003, the second-a resident of Yekaterinburg, born in 2002. Both have no previous convictions. Currently, both are on their own recognizance not to leave.

16 volumes of the criminal case against the criminal group with the approved indictment were sent to the Chkalovsky District Court for consideration on the merits. The defendants face a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
 
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