Police caught a courier of the scammers who stole 11 million from the widow of a fighter.

      Recently, a 35-year-old resident of Kirovo-Chepetsk reported a fraud to the police. The woman stated that she received a call from a "military enlistment office employee," who informed her about the awarding of two medals to her husband, who died during a special military operation. He asked the city resident to provide her passport details to receive the medals, after which he ended the conversation.

      After that, a person contacted the woman, introducing himself as an employee of a law enforcement agency. He claimed that fraudsters had gained access to her accounts and were attempting to transfer money to a terrorist organization. To avoid criminal liability, the interlocutor instructed the victim to withdraw all her savings from her accounts and transfer them to a "safe account at the Central Bank." The woman followed all the instructions, sending 5 million rubles.

      Then, during a conversation with the "law enforcement officer," the city resident inadvertently mentioned her savings in her minor children's accounts, which she intended to use to buy an apartment. The interlocutor said that to complete the transaction, permission from the investigator was needed, convincing the woman to withdraw 6.4 million rubles from the accounts and hand it over to a courier supposedly for verification. Thus, she lost 11.4 million rubles.

      Police officers found the courier who came for the money. He turned out to be a resident of Kazan, a college student born in 2007. The young man was detained and taken to the station. The police opened a criminal case under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The suspect was taken into custody.