Four newcomers have been detained in the Malmyzh district for attempting to take 2 million from a villager.
A 40-year-old resident of one of the villages in the district contacted the duty unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Malmyzhsky." The day before, she began receiving calls in a messenger from unknown individuals who identified themselves as employees of the Multifunctional Center (MFC) and the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The callers informed her that her personal data had fallen into the hands of criminals, who were using her accounts to transfer funds for financing Ukraine. According to the callers, the woman faced criminal prosecution for this, but she could avoid punishment if she followed their instructions.
The voices on the line insisted on an urgent procedure for "declaring" the money. They explained that otherwise, law enforcement agencies would seize her savings. The woman needed to withdraw 2 million rubles from her bank account and hand it over to a specially authorized person—a courier. They promised to return the money later. However, something about this scheme raised doubts in the villager, and she contacted real police officers.
Criminal investigation officers conducted operational search activities. When four men arrived at the victim's location in two cars, they were detained. All of them turned out to be residents of Kazan.
The mobile phones and bank cards seized from the suspects confirmed their involvement in the attempted theft. As established by the police, after receiving the money from the woman, the couriers were supposed to transfer it to the accounts of unidentified curators, with whom they communicated online.
An investigator from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Malmyzhsky" has initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 30 and Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud on a particularly large scale). Currently, the roles of each of the detainees, the identities of the curators, and the possible involvement of the group in similar crimes against other residents of the Kirov region and other regions are being established.
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Four newcomers have been detained in the Malmyzh district for attempting to take 2 million from a villager.
A woman was called "from the MFC and the FSB," frightened by a criminal case over money to Ukraine, and convinced to withdraw all her savings. However, instead of handing over the funds to couriers, she went to the police — and helped detain the suspects.
