A fraud courier detained in Orenburg was accused of embezzling 8 million rubles.
A courier detained in Orenburg, who collaborated with fraudsters, was accused of complicity in the theft of about 8 million rubles. This was announced on July 30 in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region.
"Since mid—June of this year, the young man has assisted scammers in stealing a total of about 8 million rubles," the department's Telegram channel reports.
The police received a statement from an 85-year-old pensioner who claimed the theft of 1.1 million rubles. First, she received a call from a fraudster who introduced himself as an employee of a telecom operator, and under the pretext of replacing the cable, he learned her passport information. Then an FSB officer allegedly contacted him, who reported the data leak and demanded to "declare" his savings to the treasury.
The 18-year-old defendant admitted that he was persuaded to illegal activities by a girl he met on a dating site. He transferred the funds received to his accomplices through a crypto wallet, keeping a portion for himself as a reward.
It is noted that a criminal case was opened against the man under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Fraud). An investigation is currently underway. He was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.
On July 26, the Moscow prosecutor's office said that a pensioner from Moscow had given more than 63.7 million rubles to telephone fraudsters. It was noted that at the beginning, a service representative allegedly called the woman and informed her about the replacement of the intercom, and then an employee of Roskomnadzor allegedly reported the theft of personal data and persuaded her to follow the instructions on the phone to save her savings.
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