Seven residents of Tatarstan were detained for illegal provision of banking services

Seven residents of Tatarstan have been detained for illegal banking activities with a turnover of at least 2.5 billion rubles. This was reported by the official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry Irina Volk on Friday, December 13.

"The defendants made illegal banking transactions using the details of organizations under their control. For services they charged commissions of at least 14%. During their activities, the criminal income amounted to more than 43 million rubles, and the total turnover of cashed funds - at least 2.5 billion rubles," she wrote in Telegram-channel.

It is preliminarily established that the suspects illegally cashed money in Kazan since October 2023. Each of them had their own specialization.

The participants of the organized group were detained by operative and investigative police officers. A criminal case under Part 2 of Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal banking activities") was initiated.

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Earlier, December 10, a man was detained in St. Petersburg, who had been engaged in illegal banking activities for two years and earned about Br13.5 million. The attacker carried out cash services for legal entities, transit and cashing of money, having an office and staff. As part of the criminal case, a preventive measure was chosen for the man.