Those who organized the illegal trafficking of 1 billion rubles were detained in the Ivanovo region

In the Ivanovo region, the activities of a criminal group were suppressed, the members of which, according to investigators, are involved in illegal banking transactions and the illegal circulation of funds on an especially large scale. This was announced on March 24 by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Irina Volk.

"It has been previously established that the attackers operated on the territory of several subjects of the Russian Federation. The community of 15 people was led by residents of the Ivanovo and Moscow regions. They organized the illegal turnover of funds in the amount of more than 1 billion rubles, bypassing the banking system of the Russian Federation," she said in a message on the Max messenger.

It is noted that the members of the group used various schemes in their activities, including withdrawing funds abroad through controlled foreign companies with subsequent conversion into cryptocurrency. For the provision of such services, they charged a commission, the total income from which, according to preliminary estimates, exceeded 125 million rubles.

According to Volk, as a result of the operation with the military support of the Russian Guard, 15 people were detained. Searches were conducted at the residential addresses of the suspects and in the offices used by them, during which cash, documents and other materials for the investigation were seized.

The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Ivanovo region has opened a criminal case under Articles 172 ("Illegal banking"), 187 ("Illegal circulation of funds of payments") and 210 ("Organization of a criminal community (criminal organization) or participation in it") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

It is specified that a preventive measure is being chosen for the defendants in the case.

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On March 10, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region reported that operatives of the economic police, together with the regional FSB, had stopped the activities of an organized group engaged in illegal banking activities. The scheme was led by three residents of St. Petersburg, aged 48 to 55, who served as accountants for a shadow bank. For the period from 2022 to 2025, the amount of funds spent through this organization exceeded the mark of 250 million rubles, and the profit of the criminals amounted to approximately 38.5 million rubles.

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