In Simferopol, a 19-year-old youth who “worked” for scammers will answer for his tricks and other people’s schemes

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In Simferopol, criminal investigation officers detained a 19-year-old “messenger” of telephone scammers. The young man, at the direction of unidentified curators, took over a million rubles from four pensioners aged from 78 to 91, deceived by scammers operating under the “Your relative was in an accident” scheme.

The detainee told the police that he found an advertisement for work as a criminal courier on one of the social networks. An unknown curator sent him via messenger the addresses of misled senior citizens from whom cash should be collected. After which the suspect transferred funds to his accomplices, keeping 10% of the amount for himself as a reward— reported the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea.

The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Simferopol has initiated criminal cases on all facts based on crimes under Part 2 and Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The defendant was given a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.

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