A gang of scammers who deceived more than 250 people was detained in Moscow.

Eight members of a gang of scammers who deceived more than 250 people were detained in Moscow. This was announced on June 26 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

According to preliminary data, for two years, the attackers offered citizens assistance in obtaining loans and concluded contracts with them for the provision of legal services. After some time, the scammers informed the "clients" about their allegedly bad credit history and forced them to immediately pay for the organization's services in full. If the client did not have money, they offered to issue a microloan in a remote format.

"More than 250 citizens suffered from the actions of intruders. The material damage may exceed 20 million rubles," Wolf wrote on her Telegram channel.

A criminal case has been opened against eight people under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed by an organized group"). The defendants are on their own recognizance.

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The condition will be the initiation of a criminal case.

Earlier that day, the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Trans-Baikal Territory reported on the detention in Bashkortostan of the administrator of fraudulent websites with rental ads. The amount of damage to residents of the region as a result of his activities amounted to 350 thousand rubles.