The nephew of actress and TV presenter Ekaterina Varnava was detained in Mytishchi on suspicion of aiding telephone scammers. He had to take the money from the victim and give it to the bosses.
According to Mash, 19-year-old Georgiy Varnava was caught red-handed while meeting with an 87-year-old pensioner. Who was previously convinced to withdraw all the money from the accounts and transfer it to the courier for transfer to a “safe account”. The grandmother believed it, went to the bank – the employees understood everything, convinced the woman to slow down and called the police. Then the entire process was controlled by operatives.
Under their supervision, the victim met the courier and gave him 350k. Georgy was detained. A criminal case has been filed against him for fraud, with a potential sentence of 6 years. If it is confirmed that Georgy knew about cooperation with scammers. It is possible that the guy could have been used blindly.
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