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The investigator of the department for investigation of crimes committed with the use of information technologies, mobile communications, the Internet and malicious software, SU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Omsk is investigating a 59-episode criminal case initiated under paragraph "d" of Part 3 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code "Theft". The suspect is a 20-year-old resident of Omsk, who stole money from citizens under the pretext of buying goods on the site of free ads.
According to the data available to the investigation, the young man found information about easy earnings in May 2020 in one of the messengers. The task was to search for sellers on the sites of free ads and write off them: the attacker introduced himself as a woman, was interested in children's goods and reported that he lived in the village of Azovo, Omsk region. Since it is not possible to meet in person, he offered to use a special service, which, according to him, guaranteed the security of the transaction.
The person involved sent the interlocutor a special link, which he received in a fraudulent chatbot. Sellers had to click on it, enter personal, bank details and the amount – thus "reserve" the product. After the buyer received it, the money should have been automatically transferred to the sender's card. Instead, the victims were faced with an extremely unpleasant situation: the card was debited, and the attacker assured that this was a mistake, and offered to follow a new link – again fraudulent, but externally similar to a well-known trading platform. Hoping to get their money back, sellers succumbed to the tricks of the "buyer" and lost various amounts: from 2,000 to 20,000 rubles.
Criminal investigation officers found that the victims-mostly women aged 30-35 years, living in different cities and regions of Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Stavropol, Rostov-on-Don, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Dagestan) – sold children's things, shoes, strollers, walkers, envelopes for children's clothing, etc. The funds debited from their accounts first went to a cryptocurrency wallet, and from there 70% was received by the suspect, the remaining 30% by the curators of the chatbot.
In September of this year, when operatives detained the defendant, it turned out that his income for the entire period of illegal activity amounted to more than 2 million rubles. The young man bought an expensive car, spent money on entertainment. The total amount of material damage caused to the victims is determined.
Theft committed from a bank account carries a maximum penalty of up to 6 years imprisonment.
According to the data available to the investigation, the young man found information about easy earnings in May 2020 in one of the messengers. The task was to search for sellers on the sites of free ads and write off them: the attacker introduced himself as a woman, was interested in children's goods and reported that he lived in the village of Azovo, Omsk region. Since it is not possible to meet in person, he offered to use a special service, which, according to him, guaranteed the security of the transaction.
The person involved sent the interlocutor a special link, which he received in a fraudulent chatbot. Sellers had to click on it, enter personal, bank details and the amount – thus "reserve" the product. After the buyer received it, the money should have been automatically transferred to the sender's card. Instead, the victims were faced with an extremely unpleasant situation: the card was debited, and the attacker assured that this was a mistake, and offered to follow a new link – again fraudulent, but externally similar to a well-known trading platform. Hoping to get their money back, sellers succumbed to the tricks of the "buyer" and lost various amounts: from 2,000 to 20,000 rubles.
Criminal investigation officers found that the victims-mostly women aged 30-35 years, living in different cities and regions of Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Stavropol, Rostov-on-Don, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Dagestan) – sold children's things, shoes, strollers, walkers, envelopes for children's clothing, etc. The funds debited from their accounts first went to a cryptocurrency wallet, and from there 70% was received by the suspect, the remaining 30% by the curators of the chatbot.
In September of this year, when operatives detained the defendant, it turned out that his income for the entire period of illegal activity amounted to more than 2 million rubles. The young man bought an expensive car, spent money on entertainment. The total amount of material damage caused to the victims is determined.
Theft committed from a bank account carries a maximum penalty of up to 6 years imprisonment.
