The guy from St. Petersburg deceived the Crimeans, but the stolen hundreds of thousands did not bring happiness. Fraudster arrested

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In Kerch, the investigation of criminal cases initiated against a resident of St. Petersburg, who was involved in a series of frauds against Crimeans (residents of Kerch and Simferopol), was completed. The total damage caused to the victims exceeded 399 thousand rubles.

The investigation found that a 22-year-old young man knowingly told his friends false information that through him you can order goods from foreign sites at a bargain price. Having trusted the «friend», the young people shared information with an interesting offer with their friends and relatives. The order of goods was allegedly carried out on an advance payment to the card. As a result, four victims (three residents of Simferopol and one citizen of Kerch), having transferred money to a bank account provided by the attacker, did not receive their orders.— told the details of the case in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea.

The investigator of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs materials of criminal cases initiated on the grounds of the composition of crimes under Part 2 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud”), sent to the prosecutor’s office of the city of Kerch for approval of the indictment. The sanction of the article provides for a maximum penalty of imprisonment for up to 5 years.