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[Brianwill]

The investigation department of the OMVD of Russia for the Zubovo-Polyansky district has completed the investigation of a criminal case against an 18-year-old resident of the Rostov region, accused of committing crimes under Article 159 of the Criminal Code "Fraud".

In July of this year, two residents of Zubovo-Polyansky district received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the prosecutor's office. The stranger explained that the granddaughters of elderly women were the culprits of accidents. To resolve the issue of non-criminal liability, as well as to reimburse the cost of treatment, it was necessary to transfer money that is at home, as well as a package with necessary things and hygiene items. The victims, following the instructions of the attackers, prepared cash in the amount of 250 and 200 thousand rubles, respectively, which they gave to a young man who came to their home.

After the unknown man left, the applicants contacted their relatives, who informed them that everything was fine with them.

During the ongoing events, employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with operatives of the OMVD of Russia in the Zubovo-Polyansky district, identified the person involved in the theft of funds. The police found out that after receiving the money, the attacker transferred some of it through an ATM located in the village of Zubova Polyana. At the same time, he left himself 3 percent of each amount as a reward. After committing the crime, the accused left Mordovia.

Orientation with the signs of the attacker was directed to neighboring subjects. As a result, the defendant was arrested red-handed in Ryazan at the time of committing a similar crime. According to him, he found an announcement about the possibility of additional earnings on the Internet. By agreement with the curator, he received instructions on his mobile phone about the need to travel by rail to a certain subject, upon arrival at which he received a specific address where the victims lived, from whom he was supposed to collect money.

A preventive measure in the form of remand in custody was taken against the detainee. At the moment, the criminal case has been sent to the court.

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Scammers started looking for accomplices on the websites of courier delivery services. .

Several couriers working in Russian services said that they recently received a message from an unknown "manager". The man offered couriers " safe work on the territory of Russia - to receive cash and send it to the card. According to the manager, before meeting with the client, the courier will receive a "Legend" - instructions on how and from whom to introduce yourself, so that the person understands that you can be trusted with money.

In a conversation with couriers, the manager did not hide the fact that cash that needs to be taken from people is obtained through fraud. For work, the manager offered couriers 7% of the amount and promised to increase the percentage for "verified employees".

For employment, you do not need to pay a cash deposit, as it is provided for the mortgagors, just passport photos and a mug in Telegram with the document in your hands.

 

[Brianwill]

In Yakutia, police detained an accomplice of swindlers who traveled almost 500 km to steal 1.2 million rubles.

In the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a resident of the village of Chulman contacted the Chulman police department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Neryungri district about deception of an 84-year-old relative. The man explained that unknown persons stole 1.2 million rubles from his aunt.

The police found out that the pensioner was told by phone that her nephew allegedly caused the accident. Under the pretext of helping a loved one avoid criminal liability, the swindlers convinced an elderly woman to collect all her savings and give them to the courier who arrived at her place.

As a result of operational search activities, criminal investigation officers of the territorial police department identified the messenger and detained him in the city of Aldan, which is located more than 238 kilometers from the victim’s place of residence. He turned out to be an 18-year-old local resident.

A student from one of the educational institutions admitted to his crime and said that he found an offer for such criminal work on the Internet. On the instructions of the employer, he drove his car to the village of Chulman, where he took cash from the defrauded pensioner, after which he headed to his hometown. Upon returning home, he transferred the stolen money to his employer, for which he received 30 thousand rubles.

Investigators of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Neryungri district have opened a criminal case on the fact of fraud. The detained participant in the “Your relative got into an accident” deception scheme was given a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior. The investigation is ongoing.

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As a result of operational activities, criminal investigation officers of the Russian Department of Internal Affairs in the Novogireevo district detained four men aged 17 to 19 years living in Moscow, who may be involved in two episodes of remote fraud committed against female residents of the capital.

So, a 50-year-old woman living in Novo-Peredelkino received a message on her phone from an unknown number, but with a photo of the head of a physical education and sports public association she knew. The text indicated that a certain person would call her back to help in the difficult situation that had arisen. After some time, this man contacted her and said that attackers had gained access to her bank account, and therefore it was necessary to withdraw all savings and transfer them to a secure account.

Then the deceived Muscovite received a call from an alleged employee of a financial institution and a law enforcement officer. The scammers convinced her to follow all the instructions, as a result of which the victim went to the bank, cashed out over 6.6 million rubles and gave her savings to a young man on an electric scooter. At the same time, for persuasiveness, the messenger named the code word assigned to the woman by the swindlers.

A similar story happened to an 85-year-old victim living in the Novogireevo area. She received a call from an unknown person. The interlocutor told the pensioner that someone was trying to withdraw money from her bank account. Acting on the instructions of the swindler, the grandmother independently cashed out all the money she had in the amount of 730 thousand rubles, which she gave to a stranger near the house on Federative Avenue to protect her savings from theft.

It was previously established that all the detained citizens acted as criminal couriers and, having taken the money, transferred it to the accounts indicated to them. For both facts of deception, criminal cases were initiated under Parts 3 and 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The defendants were charged and a preventive measure in the form of house arrest was chosen. The investigation is ongoing.

 

[Brianwill]

An elderly resident of Cherepovets contacted the police. The applicant, born in 1946, said that a bank security officer allegedly called her landline phone and reported suspicious transactions with funds in her bank account. The caller convinced the woman that she should withdraw all the money and transfer the cash to the courier, ostensibly for their further crediting to another, secure account. The pensioner believed, followed the instructions and handed the bag with 3 million rubles to a stranger who came to her place of residence.

As a result of carrying out a complex of operational search measures, employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Cherepovets found out that the cash stolen by deception was transferred "in a chain" to another participant in the criminal scheme. Operatives identified him and detained the suspect in Moscow. It turned out to be a 25-year-old resident of Novosibirsk. As the police found out, the attacker, while in the capital, in turn, transferred money to an unidentified person, for which he received a reward of 45 thousand rubles.

The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Cherepovets opened a criminal case on the fact of fraud on a particularly large scale under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In addition, the defendant may be involved in the commission of a similar crime in Murmansk, where a criminal case has also been opened under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In this case, the damage amounted to 2 million 200 thousand rubles.

In relation to the man, the Cherepovets City Court chose a preventive measure in the form of remand in custody. The suspect is being held in a pre-trial detention center in Cherepovets.

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An 85-year-old local resident turned to the Novoilinsky police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Novokuznetsk. The applicant reported that unknown persons had fraudulently stolen 560,000 rubles from her.

The police found out that a stranger called the victim on her home phone. He introduced himself as a law enforcement officer and said that the granddaughter of Novokuznetsk became the culprit of a road accident in which a person was injured, and will be brought to criminal responsibility in the form of imprisonment. The pensioner really has a granddaughter living in St. Petersburg, and the elderly woman, worried, began to beg the stranger to help a relative. The man said that criminal prosecution can be avoided if you compensate the victim in an accident for the cost of treatment, as well as moral damage. The cost was estimated at 300,000 rubles.

The pensioner collected the required amount and soon gave the cash to the courier who arrived at her home. However, a few minutes later, an unknown person called back, added that spending on treatment had increased, and demanded a new tranche of money from the pensioner. The elderly woman agreed and handed the bills back to the courier.

When some time later she was again asked to "compensate" for expenses and the townswoman said that she had run out of all her savings, the unknown person interrupted communication. Only after that, the pensioner called her granddaughter and found out that everything was fine with her and she had not committed any accident. Novokuznetsk resident realized that she was deceived, and turned to the police.

As a result of a complex of operational search measures, employees of the department for the disclosure of qualified frauds and crimes in the field of information and telecommunications technologies ESD of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Novokuznetsk identified and detained a fraudulent courier.

It turned out to be a 20-year-old resident of Vladivostok, temporarily residing in Myskakh. The detainee admitted his guilt and said that he received an offer of illegal earnings in one of the Internet messengers. The young man transferred the received funds to the account numbers indicated by the fraudster, leaving himself 6 000 rubles as a reward.

Currently, an investigator of the Novoilinsky police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Novokuznetsk has opened a criminal case against the suspect on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code "Fraud". According to the sanctions of the article, the maximum penalty is 6 years of imprisonment. During the investigation, the defendant was taken into custody.

 

[Brianwill]

Minsk investigators have completed the investigation of the case against another courier of telephone scammers.

Not so long ago, residents of the capital were "excited" by calls from supposedly relatives in trouble, asking for help. Unknown people called, as a rule, elderly citizens, said that their loved one could become a person involved in a criminal case and offered to compensate for the damage to the victims. Being in a stressful situation, Minsk residents transferred quite large sums without even bothering to call their relative and clarify the circumstances.

Investigators, in cooperation with police officers, carried out a large-scale preventive work to curb the criminal activities of so-called telephone scammers. Currently, the number of such crimes is practically reduced to zero.

It is worth noting that there were also those who, wanting to earn quick and easy money, helped scammers to enrich themselves on the credulity of citizens and agreed to take "pay-offs"from pensioners for a fee.

Since the beginning of 2022, more than 180 couriers belonging to such criminal groups have been detained. However, instead of earning money, employees received criminal liability.

The Investigation Department of the Minsk City Police Department has completed the investigation of a criminal case against another member of an organized group that earns money on the credulity of Minsk residents.

In April 2022, a 30-year-old man was looking for a job online. He was interested in the job of a courier, because for a high salary it was only necessary to collect cash and transfer it to their "colleagues" or top up bank accounts. The defendant agreed.

Having received from employers the coordinates of the first victim, the defendant went to the address where he was met by a 72-year-old resident of the capital. The excited woman gave him 2 thousand US dollars, because before the courier arrived, the victim's daughter allegedly called and said that she was the culprit of the accident and urgently needed money for the victim's treatment.

The defendant exchanged the money taken from the pensioner in an exchange office for Belarusian rubles and used the terminal to transfer it to an account whose details were provided by the "employer". The person involved left 200 US dollars as a reward for the completed order.

The man's career did not last long – only two days, after which he was detained by police officers. During this time, the accused took more than 100 thousand rubles from 8 pensioners living in Minsk and the Minsk region.

It is worth noting that when meeting with the victims, the man, on the instructions of the curator, presented himself with fictitious data, was wearing a mask to hide his appearance, and also changed clothes. He threw away all personal belongings of the elderly, leaving only cash.

When studying the characteristic material, it was established that the man had previously been convicted of committing fraud on a large scale and did not officially work.

The actions of the courier of telephone fraudsters are qualified under Part 4 of Article 209 (fraud committed by an organized group on a particularly large scale). Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. A preventive measure in the form of remand in custody was applied to him.

 

[Brianwill]

In the Moscow region, officers of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Balashikha" with the support of Rosgvardiya detained two residents of the Leninsky City District aged 25 and 29 years, suspected of committing fraud.

It is established that the mobile phone of an 84-year-old local resident received a call from an unknown person who introduced himself as a security officer of the Central Bank. The man told the pensioner that scammers are trying to steal money from his accounts. To prevent illegal actions, the caller recommended that you cash out your savings and transfer them through a messenger to a financial institution in order to secure your savings. The victim fulfilled the requirements and gave 2 million rubles to an unknown young man who arrived to him.

A few days later, the elderly citizen was allegedly contacted by a law enforcement officer, who explained that it was necessary to withdraw all remaining savings and similarly deposit them into a secure account. The grandfather, believing the swindler's words, handed over more than 2.5 million rubles to the new courier.

According to these facts, the investigator of the territorial division of the police initiated a criminal case under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

As a result of operational search measures, the police established the route of movement of the malefactors to whom the applicant transferred cash, and detained them at their places of residence. According to the detainees, they found work in one of the messengers. It was their job to collect the money at the addresses that the employer called, and transfer it to the specified bank accounts, keeping a percentage of the amount.

Currently, the defendants are in custody. Law enforcement officers carry out further measures aimed at identifying the accomplices of the crime, as well as the involvement of detainees in similar episodes of criminal activity.

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