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A criminal case on the turnover of three thousand "gray" SIM cards intended for resale to telephone fraudsters was sent to the Vsevolozhsk City Court of the Leningrad Region, the press service of the Prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg told RAPSI.
"An indictment has been approved in a criminal case against a 38-year-old native of Uzbekistan, who is accused of trafficking electronic data carriers intended for illegal reception, issuance, and transfer of funds (Part 1 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The criminal case was sent to the court for consideration on its merits," the prosecutor's office said.
According to investigators, the accused purchased for subsequent sale about three thousand activated SIM cards of various mobile operators, which he kept at his place of residence in the Leningrad region.
Sim cards were intended for resale to telephone scammers who use them to carry out illegal money transfers and their cashing out through the payment systems of telecom operators.
According to the press service of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, the accused is one of the defendants in the investigation of a criminal group of telephone fraudsters.
"In November, the police detained malefactors who, using special equipment, connected more than 12 thousand "gray" SIM cards, through which more than 150 million rubles were spent, stolen from Russian citizens and taken abroad," said Irina Volk, an official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry.
A native of Uzbekistan, who will appear in court, supplied large quantities of such SIM cards to fraudsters.
"In addition to three thousand SIM cards, two activators and three SIM banks were seized from him during the search," the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
According to the agency, the scammers closely interacted with commercial firms-dealers of large mobile operators, which carried out the purchase, registration and subsequent sale of SIM cards to intermediaries of scammers.
"To use SIM cards for criminal purposes, employees of dealer organizations entered fictitious data about non-existent customers into contracts for the provision of communication services and a specialized automated system of the operator company," Volk said.
"An indictment has been approved in a criminal case against a 38-year-old native of Uzbekistan, who is accused of trafficking electronic data carriers intended for illegal reception, issuance, and transfer of funds (Part 1 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The criminal case was sent to the court for consideration on its merits," the prosecutor's office said.
According to investigators, the accused purchased for subsequent sale about three thousand activated SIM cards of various mobile operators, which he kept at his place of residence in the Leningrad region.
Sim cards were intended for resale to telephone scammers who use them to carry out illegal money transfers and their cashing out through the payment systems of telecom operators.
According to the press service of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, the accused is one of the defendants in the investigation of a criminal group of telephone fraudsters.
"In November, the police detained malefactors who, using special equipment, connected more than 12 thousand "gray" SIM cards, through which more than 150 million rubles were spent, stolen from Russian citizens and taken abroad," said Irina Volk, an official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry.
A native of Uzbekistan, who will appear in court, supplied large quantities of such SIM cards to fraudsters.
"In addition to three thousand SIM cards, two activators and three SIM banks were seized from him during the search," the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
According to the agency, the scammers closely interacted with commercial firms-dealers of large mobile operators, which carried out the purchase, registration and subsequent sale of SIM cards to intermediaries of scammers.
"To use SIM cards for criminal purposes, employees of dealer organizations entered fictitious data about non-existent customers into contracts for the provision of communication services and a specialized automated system of the operator company," Volk said.
