In Sevastopol, an accomplice of scammers stole more than 1 million rubles from four pensioners

The attackers used a standard fraudulent scheme: elderly people received calls from strangers who introduced themselves as FSB employees and reported that their accounts were being used to sponsor the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ostensibly to protect their savings and avoid criminal liability, the scammers convinced victims to hand over all their money to be declared and transferred to a secure account. Acting on the telephone instructions of the criminals, the pensioners gave the courier all their personal savings — from 155 to 414 thousand rubles.

The police caught red-handed an accomplice of the scammers, who, as it turned out later, himself became a victim of deception, having transferred more than 500 thousand rubles to a “safe account”. Under the pretext of returning the money, he was offered to participate in several “special operations.” Following the instructions of his handlers, the young man subsequently realized that he was involved in a criminal scheme, but despite this, he continued his illegal activities.

Working as a courier, he went to the specified addresses in different cities of Russia, including twice visiting Sevastopol, where he was detained by operativesand, — reported the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sevastopol.

A criminal case has been initiated against the suspect under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The defendant faces up to six years in prison.

source: press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol