A 19-year-old Muscovite, at the direction of swindlers, stole money and jewelry from an apartment in Krasnoyarsk (video)

Police detained a 19-year-old Moscow resident who became an accomplice of scammers and stole money and jewelry from an apartment in Krasnoyarsk.

It was established that at the end of March the guy told the fake delivery service employee the code from the SMS over the phone. Then an alleged representative of State Services called him and stated that she had a power of attorney for a certain citizen, which gives him the right to conduct any financial transactions on behalf of the young man. The interlocutor warned that they could apply for a loan or engage in money laundering. Via video communication, the attacker connected an imaginary representative of Rosfinmonitoring to the conversation; together, the scammers intimidated the victim with criminal prosecution for helping an unfriendly country, and then offered to cooperate as a freelance agent.

At the beginning of April, a resident of the capital was assigned the first task – to conduct a search in one of the apartments in Krasnoyarsk. The flight and hotel were chosen by a fake employee of Rosfinmonitoring, who began to supervise the guy’s activities. He carefully wrote to his ward to dress warmly, remember to eat and not leave his phone charger.

“At the request of the caller, the guy flew to the regional center and purchased an angle grinder, gloves and an extension cord from a hardware store. Near his house in the Sovetsky district, he was met by a 15-year-old Krasnoyarsk resident, who also became a victim of deception – he trusted false law enforcement officers who said that he faced liability for imaginary droppering, and agreed to carry out that same “search” at home. The teenager led the “freelance employee” into his apartment and led him to the safe, after which he went into another room. The guest, under the strict supervision of the swindler, with whom he communicated via video link, sawed open one safe and took jewelry and money from there, then did the same with another safe,” said the Krasnoyarskoye Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After this, the guy returned to Moscow, having first gotten rid of his tools. He handed over the money to the courier “for examination,” and kept the jewelry until further instructions. After some time, the young man was detained by operatives.

Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud”, the sanction of which carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment for up to 10 years.

“The young man was brought to Krasnoyarsk, a preventive measure was chosen for him in the form of a ban on certain actions. During the investigation, gold jewelry and the remaining money in foreign currency, which the scammers did not want to accept, were confiscated from him. The damage to the injured party in the amount of 2 million was compensated by the parents of the detainee,” the police said.

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