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A Yekaterinburg resident flew to the capital to hand over his family savings to criminals.
Police in Moscow detained a 29-year-old local resident on suspicion of participating in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in a Muscovite family losing nearly 8 million rubles in cash and jewelry, the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs press service reported .
A 63-year-old Moscow resident filed a police report. According to the complainant, his son gave money and jewelry to an unknown woman after dealing with scammers.
According to police, the victim's son lives in Yekaterinburg. The scammers called the young man and told him his intercom keys needed replacing. Under this pretext, the scammers obtained a code via SMS and then began making phone calls impersonating government agencies and law enforcement agencies.
The scammers claimed the young man's account on a government portal had been hacked, after which they convinced him to fly to Moscow and reveal valuables in his parents' apartment via video call. According to the scammers, the money and jewelry needed to be declared for safekeeping.
Following the scammers' instructions, the young man waited for his mother to leave the apartment, opened the safe, and took the cash. That same day, the victim's son handed the money to a stranger who had arrived in the building's entryway. Later, on Presnenskaya Embankment, the young man gave the same woman jewelry from his parents' safe.
Criminal Investigation Officers from the Khamovniki District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the suspect on Usacheva Street. According to police, the 29-year-old Muscovite took the money and jewelry, sold the jewelry to a pawn shop, and converted the proceeds, along with cash, into cryptocurrency and sent it to her accomplices.
The investigator opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code for fraud. The detainee was ordered to sign a written undertaking not to leave the area and to behave properly. The maximum penalty under this article is up to ten years in prison.
Police are continuing their investigation, identifying possible additional incidents and other participants in the scheme. The department reminded those receiving calls from unknown individuals to end the conversation, verify the information through the organization's official contacts, and, if any signs of fraud are detected, call the police by dialing 02 or 102 from a mobile phone.
Police in Moscow detained a 29-year-old local resident on suspicion of participating in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in a Muscovite family losing nearly 8 million rubles in cash and jewelry, the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs press service reported .
A 63-year-old Moscow resident filed a police report. According to the complainant, his son gave money and jewelry to an unknown woman after dealing with scammers.
According to police, the victim's son lives in Yekaterinburg. The scammers called the young man and told him his intercom keys needed replacing. Under this pretext, the scammers obtained a code via SMS and then began making phone calls impersonating government agencies and law enforcement agencies.
The scammers claimed the young man's account on a government portal had been hacked, after which they convinced him to fly to Moscow and reveal valuables in his parents' apartment via video call. According to the scammers, the money and jewelry needed to be declared for safekeeping.
Following the scammers' instructions, the young man waited for his mother to leave the apartment, opened the safe, and took the cash. That same day, the victim's son handed the money to a stranger who had arrived in the building's entryway. Later, on Presnenskaya Embankment, the young man gave the same woman jewelry from his parents' safe.
Criminal Investigation Officers from the Khamovniki District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the suspect on Usacheva Street. According to police, the 29-year-old Muscovite took the money and jewelry, sold the jewelry to a pawn shop, and converted the proceeds, along with cash, into cryptocurrency and sent it to her accomplices.
The investigator opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code for fraud. The detainee was ordered to sign a written undertaking not to leave the area and to behave properly. The maximum penalty under this article is up to ten years in prison.
Police are continuing their investigation, identifying possible additional incidents and other participants in the scheme. The department reminded those receiving calls from unknown individuals to end the conversation, verify the information through the organization's official contacts, and, if any signs of fraud are detected, call the police by dialing 02 or 102 from a mobile phone.
