1.2 million rubles will be returned to a resident of Transbaikalia who suffered due to fraud.

A pensioner in the Trans-Baikal Territory gave 1.2 million rubles to fraudsters. The prosecutor's office ordered the recipient of the funds to return the entire amount.

According to the ChitaMedia news agency, the scammers convinced a resident of Atamanovka to install an application with which they gained access to the man's bank account. The attackers wrote off 1.2 million rubles. The funds were credited to the account of a dropper from Snezhnogorsk (Murmansk region).

The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit to recover the entire illegally obtained amount. The statement of claim was satisfied, and its execution is under the control of law enforcement agencies.

In Magadan, a 55-year-old woman lost 1.5 million rubles due to fraud. The scammers communicated with the victim on behalf of her supervisor, as well as law enforcement agencies. They convinced the woman to transfer her savings and credit funds to a "secure" account.