The FSB in Gorlovka detained an organized criminal group for illegal currency exchange

The Office of the FSB of Russia for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has uncovered the activities of an organized criminal group involved in illegal banking activities. This was reported on December 22 in the press service of the FSB of Russia for the region.

The members of the organized criminal group, under the guise of entrepreneurial activity, carried out a non-cash exchange of the Ukrainian hryvnia for Russian rubles through currency exchanges, after which they cashed out through controlled commercial organizations in the Republic.

The illegal income of the criminal group amounted to more than 18 million rubles.

The operational materials were transferred to the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for making a procedural decision.

On December 18, employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region detained a suspect in collecting information about the region's transport infrastructure in the interests of Ukraine. According to the FSB of the Russian Federation, the detainee collaborated with a representative of a Ukrainian paramilitary group banned in Russia. He conducted reconnaissance of the region's transport infrastructure and provided information on the movement of railway trains with military equipment, the ministry said.

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