A gang of collectors was detained in Moscow on suspicion of real estate scams.

In Moscow, police detained the head of the collection department and three employees of a collection agency in a fraud case. This was announced on June 3 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.

"My colleagues from CJSC GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow detained the head of the collection department and three employees of the collection agency on suspicion of real estate fraud," she said on the Telegram channel.

According to the case file, one of the defendants, under the pretext of being released from debt obligations, offered a Moscow resident to sign a purchase and sale agreement for a house and land in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region. A mortgage loan in the amount of 10 million rubles was taken out, which was transferred to an intermediary. Then, in order to "save real estate," they forced the woman to pay off the loan. When the woman ran out of money, the collectors began to threaten her and her relatives, forcing them to vacate the house.

As a result of the operational search activities, the police detained four suspects, including two alleged organizers of the criminal scheme.

A criminal case has been opened, and the suspects have been taken into custody.

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