In the Saksky district, an extortion group was detained — an individual entrepreneur was terrorized

According to the investigation, three accomplices from among the inhabitants of the city of Yevpatoria aged 35 to 52 years demanded 8 million rubles in the form of payment for debts that the 28-year-old private businessman had allegedly. Thanks to the coordinated actions of the police, their criminal activity was suppressed. During the searches on the places of residence of the suspects, the police seized: bank cards, information flash carriers, mobile phones and tablets-voiced the details of the case in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Republic of Crimea.

The investigator of the investigative part of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea opened a criminal case on the grounds of the corpus delicti under Part 3 of Art. 163 of the Criminal Code (extortion). The sanction of the article provides for the maximum punishment in the form of imprisonment for a period of seven to fifteen years with a fine of up to one million rubles.

The two defendants chose a preventive measure in the form of detention.

Source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea