A resident of Kirovo-Chepetsk transferred 11.5 million rubles to scammers.

      In Kirovo-Chepetsk, a large fraud is being investigated, as a 36-year-old local resident transferred over 11.5 million rubles to scammers. According to the police, the woman had previously received a payment for a deceased relative. After that, she began receiving calls from people who introduced themselves as employees of Roskomnadzor, the FSB of Russia, and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The callers assured her that her personal data had allegedly fallen into the hands of extremists and that the money could be used to finance banned organizations. To "save" her funds and avoid criminal liability, she was offered to transfer her savings to a "safe account." Following the instructions, she transferred about 5 million rubles to the specified details, and then handed over another 6.45 million rubles to strangers, whom she was told were "authorized persons." Later, the woman realized that she had become a victim of fraud and contacted the police. A criminal case has been initiated under the article on fraud in especially large amounts. The identities of the criminals are being established.