The court gave up to 14 years in prison to the fraudsters who stole money from the bank accounts of the deceased

The Butyrsky court of Moscow sentenced members of an organized criminal community (OPS) who stole more than 50 million rubles from the bank accounts of deceased citizens to imprisonment for a term of 6 to 14 years. This was announced on September 11 by the FSB's Public Relations Center.

"The Butyrsky Court of Moscow has convicted members of an organized criminal community (OPS) specializing in the remote theft of funds from the accounts of Russian citizens," the message says.

The investigation revealed that criminals, including employees of mobile operators and financial institutions, used access to databases to obtain information about the death of subscribers and to reissue their SIM cards. This allowed them to withdraw funds from the mobile applications of deceased customers to controlled accounts. The damage caused by the actions of the criminals amounted to more than 50 million rubles.

A criminal case was opened into the crimes, and the defendants were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from 6 to 14 years with fines from 250,000 to 400,000 rubles.

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