Employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region, with the support of the Russian National Guard, detained five members of a group of fraudsters, whose victims were four residents of the Voronezh Region. More than 2.3 million rubles were stolen from them by fraud.
According to the police, a 35-year-old resident of North Ossetia organized a group in which he involved four citizens. The attackers used the Internet to search for citizens who had previously become victims of a financial pyramid scheme, and offered them to return the lost money for a reward by making deposits on the investment platform. They promised a high income.
The accomplices demanded to transfer the payment for their services to bank card accounts that were issued to front persons and were at the disposal of scammers. After receiving large money transfers, the amounts of which ranged from 80 thousand to 1 million rubles, communication with the victims was stopped.
Voronezh law enforcement officers conducted searches in Moscow, where, according to the police, there was a call center for fraudsters, as well as at the addresses of residence of accomplices – in Krasnodar and North Ossetia. Computer equipment, mobile phones and other items of evidentiary value were seized.
The detained persons involved in the criminal business were charged with committing four crimes under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. They chose a preventive measure in the form of remand in custody.
It was previously established that at least 40 residents of different regions of the country suffered from the illegal activities of the group members.
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According to the police, a 35-year-old resident of North Ossetia organized a group in which he involved four citizens. The attackers used the Internet to search for citizens who had previously become victims of a financial pyramid scheme, and offered them to return the lost money for a reward by making deposits on the investment platform. They promised a high income.
The accomplices demanded to transfer the payment for their services to bank card accounts that were issued to front persons and were at the disposal of scammers. After receiving large money transfers, the amounts of which ranged from 80 thousand to 1 million rubles, communication with the victims was stopped.
Voronezh law enforcement officers conducted searches in Moscow, where, according to the police, there was a call center for fraudsters, as well as at the addresses of residence of accomplices – in Krasnodar and North Ossetia. Computer equipment, mobile phones and other items of evidentiary value were seized.
The detained persons involved in the criminal business were charged with committing four crimes under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. They chose a preventive measure in the form of remand in custody.
It was previously established that at least 40 residents of different regions of the country suffered from the illegal activities of the group members.
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