Three Ufa residents were detained on suspicion of illegal banking activities

Three Ufa residents were detained on suspicion of illegal banking activities with a turnover of over 1 billion rubles. This was announced on April 7 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

"It was previously established that during the period from 2020 to 2024, the attackers involved more than 200 legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the illegal scheme," she said in her Telegram channel.

Customers transferred funds to the fraudsters' accounts, which were returned to customers with a deduction of 12% remuneration.

Law enforcement officers managed to detain the woman, the alleged organizer, and her two accomplices. Phones, computers, documents and other items were seized from them. The investigator opened criminal cases against three detainees in accordance with Part 2 of Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal banking activities").

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Earlier, on March 21, the main directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Moscow region reported the arrest of six people suspected of illegally organizing and conducting gambling. It is specified that the club's activities were conducted in the basement of a shopping pavilion in Malakhovka.