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12-year-old boy gave away $9 million worth of parental jewelry to scammers

The courier of fraudsters who took jewelry and money totaling 9 million rubles from a 12-year-old student was detained by police in the north of Moscow

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12-year-old boy gave away $9 million worth of parental jewelry to scammers

The courier of fraudsters, who took jewelry and money from a 12-year-old schoolboy totaling 9 million rubles, was detained by police officers in the north of Moscow.

As reported “MK” in the Department of information and public relations GU MIA in Moscow, the victim of scammers was a resident of Timiryazevsky district. First, the teenager met a girl on the Internet, then pseudo-law enforcement officers came into contact. They convinced the guy to conduct a search in the apartment via video link. The schoolboy took money and jewelry from the safe and handed them over to the messenger of the fraudsters. The courier was detained, he was an 18-year-old resident of the Moscow region. Some of the stolen items were returned to the owners.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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