A pensioner in Kirov lost money because of a "safe account".

      The Prosecutor’s Office of the Leninsky District of Kirov examined compliance with the law in combating crimes related to telephone fraud. During the inspection it was revealed that an elderly Kirov resident had fallen victim to deception: scammers persuaded him to take out a bank loan and transfer the money to an allegedly “safe account.”

      As a result the man lost 140,000 rubles. A criminal case on the charge of “Fraud” has been opened in connection with the incident; the investigation is ongoing and is under law enforcement supervision.

      It later emerged that the money had been transferred to the account of a front person registered in the Chelyabinsk Region. In order not to wait for the conclusion of the investigation, the prosecutor’s office filed a lawsuit to recover the stolen amount and interest for the use of someone else’s money.

      The court granted the supervisory authority’s claims. Enforcement of the decision and the return of the money to the pensioner remain under the prosecutor’s office’s control.