In Khabarovsk, a pensioner gave more than 5 million rubles to fraudsters

In Khabarovsk, a 68-year-old local resident suffered damage in the amount of more than 5 million rubles as a result of the actions of telephone scammers. This was announced on June 28 by the Khabarovsk Territory Prosecutor's Office in the Telegram channel.

This week, an unknown person who introduced himself as a financial analyst contacted the woman by phone, who suggested that she invest money to generate passive income.

"When I transferred the first 10 thousand rubles, he said that he had bought shares that would work for themselves, and the earned percentage would be transferred to my account. After a while, 2 thousand rubles came to me," the victim said.

Then the scam artist offered to transfer a large amount, ostensibly to increase earnings from investments. Next, another fraudster called the pensioner, who introduced himself as the director of an investment agency who would like to sell his apartment in Sochi for an extremely small amount. To complete the transaction, the woman was offered to sell the existing property.

"On the advice of this director, the woman contacted a real estate foreclosure specialist, whose phone number was sent to her in the message. The young man helped sell two of her apartments for next to nothing, the profits of which she transferred to fraudsters," the prosecutor's office said.

A criminal case has been opened on this fact under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud").

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On June 27, in Moscow, law enforcement agencies detained 13 members of a gang of fraudsters who deceived pensioners. 10 criminal cases were initiated against them on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud").