In Saki, operatives detained a courier of telephone scammers

Unknown people called the pensioner’s mobile phone and introduced themselves as law enforcement officers and Rosfinmonitoring. They used the “declaration of funds” scheme to convince an elderly man to transfer his savings in the amount of 1 million 400 thousand rubles to a “trusted person”.

Employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia «Saki» quickly identified and detained the suspect — he turned out to be a 24-year-old resident of the Leningrad region, who came to the peninsula specifically to carry out illegal activities.

The young man admitted to committing the crime. He said that he was offered a job as a courier by an acquaintance from St. Petersburg, who acted as a link between him and the organizer. This acquaintance put him in touch with his curator, who gave him instructions to go to Crimea and sent him train tickets. Having received money from the victim, the young man transferred it to the specified bank account, leaving himself 2% as a reward— reported the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Crimea.

The investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia «Saksky» opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”. The suspect could face a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

The police are carrying out a set of measures aimed at identifying other persons involved in illegal activities

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