Police detained a group of car dealers in Moscow

In Moscow, police officers detained eight suspects who staged an accident on the roads of the capital for the sake of car insurance. This was announced on May 5 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

"My Moscow colleagues have detained eight suspects in car insurance fraud worth over 100 million rubles," she wrote on her Telegram channel.

It is specified that the defendants purchased several used cars and used them to stage an accident. After the accidents, car owners applied to insurance companies for compensation, and then distributed it among the group members. According to the Interior Ministry, from 2021 to 2025, the attackers committed more than 500 intentional accidents.

The investigative authorities have opened a criminal case against the detainees. At the moment, the suspects have been officially charged, and the court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of detention, she added.Газета.Ru ".

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On the same day, employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia detained members of a criminal community who helped telephone fraudsters carry out illegal actions throughout the country using a large number of SIM cards.

It was noted that the detainees ensured the operation of SIM boxes, 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.