“Your loan has been approved, but.” A gang of fraudulent “financiers” will be tried in Crimea

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Seasoned mainland scammers “issued loans” and defrauded naive Crimeans.

In Crimea, criminal indictments have been approved against five residents of the Belgorod region. They are accused under Part 2 of Art. 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in a criminal community (criminal organization), Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud).

According to investigators, the accused, being members of a criminal community, created a network of fictitious financial and credit organizations, which, under the pretext of providing loan services to citizens, stole their funds.

Thus, the defendants informed the victims that the loan was approved by the latter; in order to receive it, they must confirm their solvency by transferring funds to the account of a fictitious company. Thus, the accused stole more than 9 million rubles from 277 citizens— reported the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Crimea.

Criminal cases were sent to the Central District Court of Simferopol. The criminal investigation continues against the remaining members of the criminal community.

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