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Russian prosecutors have filed lawsuits against droppers for almost a billion rubles.
MOSCOW, November 21 – RIA Novosti. In 2024, prosecutors filed more than 8,000 lawsuits against account holders (so-called droppers) to which cybercriminals transferred stolen money, said Oleg Kipkaev, head of the department for supervision of compliance with laws in the field of information technology and information protection at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia.
"Prosecutor's offices have filed more than 8,000 lawsuits against account holders to which the stolen money was transferred to recover about 1 billion rubles," Kipkayev said at a roundtable in the Federation Council dedicated to combating fraudulent activities in the digital age.
Citing Rosfinmonitoring data, Kipkaev added that in 2023-2024, about 170 thousand teenagers became participants in dubious financial transactions, and the total amount of such transactions exceeded 75 billion rubles. Each of them used payment financial instruments issued to minors.
In July, the head of Rosfinmonitoring, Yuri Chikhanchin, said that the agency advocates for the earliest possible adoption of systemic measures to combat fraudulent schemes on the Internet; in particular, a bill has already been developed on criminal liability for intentionally providing criminals with their bank cards (the so-called droppering). According to him, over a year and a half, credit institutions have refused to conduct more than 4,000 transactions worth about 4.5 billion rubles to individuals with signs of drops. About 400 criminal cases have been initiated. At the same time, young people are heavily involved in this area: every third participant in suspicious transactions is under 25 years old.
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MOSCOW, November 21 – RIA Novosti. In 2024, prosecutors filed more than 8,000 lawsuits against account holders (so-called droppers) to which cybercriminals transferred stolen money, said Oleg Kipkaev, head of the department for supervision of compliance with laws in the field of information technology and information protection at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia.
"Prosecutor's offices have filed more than 8,000 lawsuits against account holders to which the stolen money was transferred to recover about 1 billion rubles," Kipkayev said at a roundtable in the Federation Council dedicated to combating fraudulent activities in the digital age.
Citing Rosfinmonitoring data, Kipkaev added that in 2023-2024, about 170 thousand teenagers became participants in dubious financial transactions, and the total amount of such transactions exceeded 75 billion rubles. Each of them used payment financial instruments issued to minors.
In July, the head of Rosfinmonitoring, Yuri Chikhanchin, said that the agency advocates for the earliest possible adoption of systemic measures to combat fraudulent schemes on the Internet; in particular, a bill has already been developed on criminal liability for intentionally providing criminals with their bank cards (the so-called droppering). According to him, over a year and a half, credit institutions have refused to conduct more than 4,000 transactions worth about 4.5 billion rubles to individuals with signs of drops. About 400 criminal cases have been initiated. At the same time, young people are heavily involved in this area: every third participant in suspicious transactions is under 25 years old.
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