FSB detained accomplices of telephone fraudsters in the Vladimir region

Employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia and the office of the Department for the Vladimir region detained members of a criminal community who helped telephone fraudsters carry out illegal actions throughout the country using a large number of SIM cards. This was reported on May 5 in the press service of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation.

It was established that from September of last year to March of this year, detainees operated SIM boxes in Moscow, as well as in the Moscow and Vladimir regions, which allowed the use of a large number of SIM cards. Thus, mass calls were made to residents of various regions of the country in order to steal funds on a large and especially large scale. In addition, the attackers sent fake messages about mining buildings.

"<...> criminal cases are being investigated against ten members of the criminal community, who, depending on the role of each, are charged with crimes provided for in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Articles 210 of the Criminal Code ("Creation and participation in a criminal community"), Part 5 of Article 33, Part 3 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code ("Complicity in knowingly false a report on an act of terrorism")," the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia said.

They have chosen preventive measures. It is noted that during searches in various regions of the Russian Federation, mobile phones, 23 SIM boxes, over 1,000 SIM cards, money and electronic devices with information were seized. The defendants are also being checked for involvement in fraud on a particularly large scale.

According to the agency, the criminal community was created by a Russian born in 1993, while outside the state. He was put on the international wanted list. According to available information, the man is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was charged in absentia and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of detention.

At the moment, investigators are continuing operational search activities, collecting evidence and carrying out actions aimed at identifying other accomplices.

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On April 29, the FSB department in the Chelyabinsk Region informed Izvestia about the detention of a member of an interregional criminal group who tried to extort more than 30 million rubles from a local resident. It was established that in April, the organized criminal group misled the woman, prompted her to withdraw money from the bank account and transfer funds through an intermediary. FSB officers were able to prevent the theft.

A criminal case has been opened on this fact under Part 3 of Article 30, Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Attempted fraud committed by an organized group").