CrimeaPRESS reports:
Please note that these are not “couriers”.
In Crimea, the prosecutor’s office of the Republic approved an indictment in a criminal case against five residents of the region. They are accused under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud). According to investigators, the accused were members of an organized group that embezzled citizens’ funds.
Using spoofed phone numbers, they called citizens, introduced themselves as lawyers, employees of banking institutions, government agencies, and reported false information that a criminal case had been initiated against employees of the company from which the victims had previously purchased dietary supplements. To receive compensation, they need to transfer funds to pay taxes to the account indicated by the group members. Thus, the accused stole more than 4.3 million rubles from 6 victims— reported the prosecutor’s office.
The illegal actions of the accused were stopped by internal affairs officers. The criminal case was sent to the Central District Court of Simferopol for consideration on the merits.
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