In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the case of an interregional group that defrauded an online taxi service of 29 million rubles was investigated.

Five residents of the village of Emelyanovo, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don and Novokubansk, Krasnodar Territory, will be tried for deception well-known online taxi ordering service. For men charged with fraud and use of malicious computer programs.

It was established that the attackers, acting by prior conspiracy, from November 2021 to March 2024 used software vulnerabilities in Internet applications for ordering a taxi, thanks to which they were able to steal more than 29 million rubles.

“The defendants registered drivers and passengers in the online taxi service using forged documents, initiated fictitious travel orders and executed them without actually leaving by substituting location coordinates. In the online taxi service, the order was displayed as completed, and the “earned” bonuses as an incentive measure for every 10 completed trips went into the pockets of the criminals. The employment of fictitious drivers was carried out through an Omsk taxi company registered in the name of a relative of one of the accused. At the same time, when registering accounts for fictitious drivers and passengers, the defendants used the personal data of real citizens without their knowledge,” the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

The attackers were detained in the summer of 2024. During the searches, law enforcement officers discovered and seized mobile phones, computers, bank cards, SIM cards, various documents exposing illegal activities, as well as 500 thousand rubles.

The investigative unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Territory initiated and investigated a criminal case under Parts 3 and 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”, as well as Part 2 of Art. 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs.” Currently, the materials with the indictment have been sent to the court for a decision. Three defendants were given a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior, and two were given a prohibition on certain actions.

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