Suspects of embezzlement of 20 million rubles under the pretext of employment have been detained.

In Moscow, suspects were detained for embezzlement of 20 million rubles under the pretext of employment on large crypto exchanges. This was announced on August 29 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

"It was previously established that at the end of 2020, the attackers organized the operation of a call center on Presnenskaya Embankment and posted online advertisements for training and subsequent employment on large crypto exchanges," she wrote in her Telegram channel.

Citizens who were interested in the advertisement came for interviews. However, instead of employment, they were offered the opening of a crypto wallet with the possibility of promoting their own funds on the stock exchange and generating high income.

In order to convince people, the scammers demonstrated a platform where the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies was allegedly carried out online at a favorable rate. In fact, the attackers showed a demo version that had nothing to do with the operation of the exchange.

People who believed the scammers gave their money to open their own crypto wallets on the exchange. They realized that they had become victims only after a while, and subsequently contacted the police.

"As a result of operational search measures, the police identified the organizer of the criminal scheme. A 32-year-old resident of the capital was detained in Moscow at his residential address. His accomplice, who served as a manager and received money from one of the victims, was also detained," said Volk.

Several criminal cases were initiated in accordance with Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud"). At the moment, the detainees have been charged. In addition, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of house arrest.

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Earlier in the day, it was reported that fraudsters had involved a 74-year-old pensioner in a scheme to steal 1.5 million rubles from an 86-year-old woman. The attackers received 600 thousand rubles from an elderly man, allegedly for their declaration, and convinced him that they would return the funds faster if he helped "save" the savings of a pensioner from Nefteyugansk.

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