In Tyumen, a pensioner transferred 22 million rubles to fraudsters

In Tyumen, a pensioner became a victim of fraudsters who stole 22 million rubles from him, and a criminal case was opened. This was announced on March 10 by the Prosecutor's office of the Tyumen region.

"An unknown person called on a cell phone, introduced himself as an employee of Rosfinmonitoring, under the pretext of preventing unauthorized debit of funds and loan processing, stole 22 million rubles from a pensioner living in the regional center, which he transferred to various bank accounts within a month on the instructions of fraudsters," the Telegram channel said.

It is clarified that the investigative authorities have opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale"). The Prosecutor's Office of the Kalininsky Administrative District of Tyumen organized supervision of the investigation.

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