Police detained accomplices of telephone fraudsters in Moscow
Law enforcement agencies have detained residents of St. Petersburg in Moscow who were accomplices of telephone fraudsters who defrauded about 120 people of 150 million rubles. This was announced on June 30 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk in her Telegram channel.
"It has been preliminarily established that since 2024, the attackers have been calling through messengers to citizens' mobile phones and posing as employees of government organizations and law enforcement agencies," the report says.
The victims were informed by phone that due to the leakage of personal data, fraudsters had gained access to accounts and were trying to steal savings. After that, the attackers were persuaded to send money to an allegedly secure account. After funds were transferred using bank details, they were cashed out.
According to law enforcement agencies, one of the detainees issued commercial organizations and specialized accounts to front persons, with the help of which the stolen money was withdrawn. Another person involved cashed out the amounts and transferred them to other participants in the scheme, according to the instructions of the supervisor.
A criminal case was opened into the incident in accordance with Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud"). The defendants were charged and taken into custody.
"No one will ever force you to save money through transfers to "secure accounts." They don't exist," Wolf stressed.
Earlier, on June 27, Volk reported on the detention in Moscow of 13 members of a gang of fraudsters who deceived pensioners. The attackers came to the apartments under the pretext of a free check and persuaded them to replace the window fittings. At the same time, they greatly overestimated the cost of services. The total amount of damage reached 1.5 million rubles.
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