The man lost more than 2.4 million in “exchange transactions”

The police Krasnoarmeysky district of Volgograd received a statement from a 49-year-old local resident. The man said that he was the victim of a remote fraud and lost money in the amount of more than 2,400,000 rubles.

According to the applicant, he was contacted on the Internet by an unknown person who introduced himself as the manager of a financial institution. He offered Volgograd to profit from investment activities on the stock exchange. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Volgograd region.

The interlocutor convinced the man to transfer funds to an unknown person under the pretext of making profitable exchange transactions. After the victim fulfilled all the instructions, communication with the false manager was interrupted. Realizing that he was deceived, the man went to the police.

On this fact, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - Fraud. Currently, police officers are carrying out activities aimed at identifying the perpetrators.

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