The Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to get the right to quickly block the money stolen by scammers in the accounts

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation wants to get the right to quickly block funds in citizens' accounts and access to their banking information. This was announced by the head of the criminal law department of the agreement and legal department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexei Plotnitsky at a meeting in the Federation Council, writes Vedomosti.

In his opinion, the police need tools for operational response to cybercrime. Now the process of blocking the funds takes several days, as coordination is required with the prosecutor's office and the court. Plotnitsky noted that the temporary suspension of operations is not an arrest, but serves as a means of creating inconvenience for scammers and protecting citizens.

He explained the need to access banking information by the fact that now the inquiry officers who are investigating crimes related to fraudulent actions do not have such an opportunity that it complicates the course of operational actions of the department.

According to Plotnitsky, banks often do not respond to the requests of law enforcement agencies for months. He proposed to establish a legislatively three -day term to provide the necessary information, emphasizing that this time is not enough. Plotnitsky focused on the fact that without the expansion of authority, the police are in the role of “firefighters” who react only after the crime, and called for the creation of an effective mechanism to combat fraud.

“The largest leaks of personal data, banking information are not coming from the internal affairs bodies or state bodies, but from the part of the credit organizations themselves,” said Plotnitsky.

On April 19 this year, it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs developed the draft law “On Amendments to the Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation”, which is designed to increase the effectiveness of investigations. He offers to supplement Art. 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation by the Regulation, which will oblige to transfer funds for funds and communications to law enforcement officers the necessary information no later than three working days from the date of their receipt or in the period specified in the request.

The bill also proposes to allow investigators to receive data on telephone conversations before a court decision within 10 days and suspend transactions to transfer money for 10 days, if there is reason to believe that funds were used in criminal activity. The changes will reduce the deadlines for the execution of the requests of the preliminary investigation, increase the effectiveness of measures to impose the arrest on the property and ensure the protection of the rights of the victims from the crimes that were committed using the Internet or means of communications.