9 June 14:40
In the Abansky district, police detained four residents of the Kemerovo region, who are suspected of helping telephone scammers. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
At the end of April, a 48-year-old resident of the village of Pokateevo contacted the police. The woman said that she had been under the influence of swindlers for a long time. The callers introduced themselves as law enforcement officers and convinced her that representatives of unfriendly countries had allegedly gained access to her accounts. The woman was also scared that she might become a “sponsor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
To “solve the problem,” the scammers convinced the victim to withdraw all the money and hand it over to the couriers at an appointed place. The police established that four young people from the Kemerovo region had come for the money. They acted on instructions from a remote supervisor.
At the appointed place, the suspects found the woman, gave her a code word and took more than 2.4 million rubles in cash from her. After this, the money was transferred to the scammers. The suspects were detained in the Kemerovo region. Among them are a 24-year-old man who had previously been convicted of property crimes, a 20-year-old young man and two 18-year-old boys.
A criminal case has been opened for fraud on an especially large scale. The investigation is ongoing.
Related links:
- In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a courier of fraudsters was detained after the theft of 6.8 million rubles
- A pensioner from Yeniseisk, intimidated by scammers, transferred almost 1.5 million rubles to them
