Fraudsters forced a pensioner from Kirovo-Chepetsk to move to Moscow and hand over more than 7 million rubles.
According to the police, a pensioner lost more than 7 million rubles after receiving calls from fake employees of the State Services and the FSB. The victim stated that the unknown individuals convinced her that her personal data had fallen into the hands of criminals, and that loans were allegedly being taken out in her name to finance Ukraine. To avoid criminal liability, the woman was offered to "verify the authenticity of the money."
Following the fraudsters' instructions, the pensioner transferred 1.1 million rubles through an ATM to the specified accounts, and handed over another 6 million rubles to a courier. The meeting took place at a predetermined location: the woman provided a code word and handed over the cash.
Criminal investigation officers identified the courier. She turned out to be a resident of Moscow born in 1956. As the police found out, she herself became a victim of the scammers: 710,000 rubles were stolen from her, and then under the threat of a "criminal case for aiding and abetting," she was forced to go to Kirovo-Chepetsk for the money.
After receiving the cash, the woman took it to Moscow and left it in a previously agreed-upon location.
The investigation is ongoing. The police are establishing all the circumstances of the incident and checking the detained individual for possible involvement in other crimes.
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