Another courier of remote scammers will appear in court in Crimea

The deception scheme was classic: scammers called elderly people, introduced themselves as law enforcement officers, and, under the threat of “legislative problems,” convinced them to transfer money to a courier. Thus, 76-year-old and 80-year-old Kerch residents lost almost 3 million rubles, believing in the need to “declaration of savings.” Employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea, together with colleagues from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Kerch, quickly identified and detained the courier of cybercriminals. According to the Izhevsk resident, she found a “part-time job” in the messenger, a certain “curator” sent her to Crimea, where she took money from pensioners and transferred it to “employers”, keeping a percentage for herself,” noted the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Crimea.

During the investigation, it was established that the detainee was involved in two more similar crimes in Feodosia and Bakhchisarai. There, a 76-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman also handed over about 2 million rubles to the courier, believing in the cybercriminals’ deception.

Criminal cases have been initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud” on an especially large scale. The defendant faces up to 10 years in prison. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention.

This story is another reminder of the need to be vigilant and warn your elderly relatives about such fraud schemes.

Crimean police reminds: law enforcement agencies quickly establish the identities of couriers and detain them. Responsibility for criminal acts committed is qualified under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”.

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source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea