A courier from the Krasnodar Territory took 2 million rubles from a pensioner and was detained on a train

A resident of the Krasnodar Territory was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime colony for taking 2 million rubles from a pensioner from Blagoveshchensk as part of a fraudulent scheme. The man came to the Amur region for money, and after trying to leave, he was detained on a train.

According to the press service of the Annunciation City Court, in April 2026, the organizer created a criminal group in the messenger to steal money from citizens under the pretext of declaring funds. Chuikov responded to the announcement of a high-paying job as a courier and agreed to take money from people and transfer it to accounts. For each order he was promised 15 thousand rubles.

In late April, the pensioner called a man who introduced himself as an employee of the portal “State Services”. He said that her personal account was hacked, she was issued a general power of attorney for a resident of Ukraine and she allegedly sponsors the APU.

Then the woman was contacted by another participant of the scheme, who introduced herself as an employee of Rosfinmonitoring. She convinced the pensioner to transfer all the savings for "declaration" to protect them from fraudsters. The woman withdrew more than 1 million rubles from the account and added her own savings. As a result, she gave the attackers 2 million rubles.

In May, Chuikov came from the Krasnodar Territory to Blagoveshchensk and took a taxi to the pensioner’s house on Amurskaya Street. He gave the woman a password from the numbers and took the bag with the money. The man tried to leave but was detained on a train at Skovorodino station.

During the search of Chuikov seized 1.97 million rubles. This money was returned to the victim, and about 30 thousand rubles the man managed to spend on a ticket and personal needs. The remaining amount of damage was compensated by Chuikov’s relative.

In court, the man pleaded guilty, but claimed he did not know about the criminal scheme and did not understand that he was carrying the stolen money. The court did not accept these arguments: according to the court, Chuikov knew about his role and expected to receive a reward. The inspection also did not confirm his claims of pressure from police. Mitigating circumstances recognized the admission of guilt, remorse, assistance in solving the crime, young age, partial reparation and positive characteristics.

The victim asked to stop the criminal case in connection with the reconciliation of the parties, but the court refused. The crime belongs to the category of grave, and the grounds for changing its category to less serious were not found. The court also did not impose a suspended sentence.

As a result, Chuikov was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime colony. His iPhone XR phone used in the crime was confiscated in favor of the state. Bank cards and SIM cards were destroyed. The civil claim of the victim was terminated, since the damage was fully compensated.

Earlier in Primorsko-Akhtarsk pensioner returned the money stolen by fraudsters.

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