A courier was detained in Khimki in the case of the theft of 8 million rubles from a pensioner

Employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Khimki city district detained a 20-year-old courier on suspicion of fraud on a particularly large scale. This was announced on July 4 by Tatyana Petrova, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Moscow Region.

"It has been established that a 72-year-old local resident allegedly received a call on her mobile phone from an employee of the Russian Post. The interlocutor said that a package had arrived in her name and to receive it, you need to give the code from the SMS message," she said on the Telegram channel of the Moscow police.

It is noted that later the victim received another text message stating that she had become a victim of fraud. Then the pensioner contacted unknown people who introduced themselves as law enforcement officers and advised her to deposit all her savings into a "secure account."

During the following days, the victim handed over a total of 8 million rubles to the couriers. As a result, a native of one of the neighboring republics was detained, who served as one of the couriers.

"During a personal search, a mobile phone was seized from the detainee, which contained step—by-step instructions on how to commit unlawful acts against citizens," Petrova added.

The Investigative Department of the Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud"). The Khimki City Court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of detention.

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Earlier that day, VTB warned of a new fraud scheme involving "pension recalculation." According to the bank, the attackers convince them to recalculate the pension, and then, on behalf of law enforcement officers, they extort large sums under the guise of "protecting savings."