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Tula criminal investigation officers received information that for a long time on the territory of the regional center, unknown persons have been activating SIM cards, presumably in order to assist fraudulent actions. employees of the Russian Guard, he was detained in a cottage located on the outskirts of Tula.
According to preliminary information, the detainee has been carrying out illegal activities since the end of autumn last year. He explained that he ordered SIM cards of mobile operators in online stores, which were delivered to him by a courier. After that, using the purchased SIM box, he activated them, creating accounts in social networks or messengers to connect remote services in credit and financial institutions QIWI Bank, Ozon Bank and YooMoney, and providing customers with the information necessary for further work with them. Subsequently, these accounts linked to the above banks received funds from fraudulent actions committed by criminals. Every day, the young man activated more than 100 SIM cards, receiving payment for each transaction performed.
As the operatives established, the criminal actions of the detainee allowed the fraudsters to steal money from citizens living in almost all regions of the country for several months. During a search in the house where the detainee lives, operatives seized an expensive computer, a SIM box, mobile phones, more than 550 unused SIM cards, and Internet correspondence with direct customers.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated and is being investigated in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Perm Territory on the grounds of a crime under paragraph "g" of part 3 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Theft". The young man faces a sentence of up to six years in prison.
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According to preliminary information, the detainee has been carrying out illegal activities since the end of autumn last year. He explained that he ordered SIM cards of mobile operators in online stores, which were delivered to him by a courier. After that, using the purchased SIM box, he activated them, creating accounts in social networks or messengers to connect remote services in credit and financial institutions QIWI Bank, Ozon Bank and YooMoney, and providing customers with the information necessary for further work with them. Subsequently, these accounts linked to the above banks received funds from fraudulent actions committed by criminals. Every day, the young man activated more than 100 SIM cards, receiving payment for each transaction performed.
As the operatives established, the criminal actions of the detainee allowed the fraudsters to steal money from citizens living in almost all regions of the country for several months. During a search in the house where the detainee lives, operatives seized an expensive computer, a SIM box, mobile phones, more than 550 unused SIM cards, and Internet correspondence with direct customers.
Currently, a criminal case has been initiated and is being investigated in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Perm Territory on the grounds of a crime under paragraph "g" of part 3 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Theft". The young man faces a sentence of up to six years in prison.
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