Kirov resident was detained for a series of deceptions of pensioners under the "Relative in trouble" scheme

      The police of the Kirov region uncovered a series of frauds committed under the "Relative in need" scheme. A young man who took money from defrauded elderly people has been detained.

      The scheme of deception was as follows. Unknown people called the pensioners, posing as their relatives or law enforcement officers. They reported that a loved one was in trouble (for example, he was the cause of an accident) and urgently needed money to avoid criminal liability. So, an elderly couple from Omutninsk believed the callers and transferred 350 thousand rubles through a taxi driver. In Kirov, the driver gave money to an unknown young man.

      Similarly, a resident of Slobodsky was deceived, who gave the courier 200 thousand rubles to "save" a relative. Another pensioner from Kirov lost 150 thousand rubles, handing them to a girl in the entrance of her house. Criminal cases have been initiated on all these facts.

      The CID officers found out that in all cases, the money ended up being received by the same person. The police identified this courier and detained him. It turned out to be a resident of Kirov, born in 2005.

      The detainee said that he had found an offer for a part-time job on the Internet. He understood that he was participating in an illegal scheme, but he followed the instructions of an unknown supervisor with whom he communicated online. In the case of the Kirov pensioner, he asked his underage friend to take the money so as not to show himself. The guy transferred all the money received from the defrauded pensioners to the specified accounts.

      The police are now investigating whether the detainee is involved in other similar crimes.