On the Web, a Rostovite “sold” the engine — no one gave a price for the engine. But no … there was a naive Crimean

CrimeaPRESS reports:

The duty unit of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Simferopol region received a statement from a local resident. A Crimean resident said that he had found an advertisement for the sale of a car engine on one of the free Internet trading platforms. Having agreed on all the details and the final cost of the goods, he transferred 90 thousand rubles to the seller’s bank card, but he never received the ordered goods.

As a result of operational-search activities, the criminal investigation officers identified and detained a 32-year-old suspect in Rostov-on-Don, who had previously been convicted of a similar crime.

The suspect told police that he had placed an ad on a popular shopping site for the sale of spare parts for the car. After the victim contacted him, they discussed the details of the order in personal correspondence, and the attacker sent the buyer the details of a bank card belonging to his girlfriend to pay for a non-existent order. The swindler, having made sure that the money transfer was made to the current account indicated by him, did not get in touch with the buyer anymore. The suspect pleaded guilty— reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea.

The investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Simferopol District initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“fraud”). The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 5 years.

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