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Almost 100-year-old St. Petersburg lost 5 million due to fraudsters

The police of the Moscow district on September 10 received a statement from 92-year-old St. Petersburg. He said there was fraud against him. The suspect was arrested on September 17. This is reported by the press service of the GU MIA of Russia in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.

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Almost 100-year-old St. Petersburg lost 5 million due to fraudsters

The police of the Moscow district on September 10 received a statement from 92-year-old St. Petersburg. He said there was fraud against him. The suspect was arrested on September 17. This is reported by the press service of the GU MIA of Russia in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.

The police found out that from 8 to 10 September, the pensioner was called allegedly “employees of various structures”, who offered the St. Petersburger to declare the money. They persuaded the man to hand them over to the courier 5.2 million rubles.

A criminal case was initiated under the article on fraud. The 58-year-old suspect was arrested on September 17 at 143 Engels.

Source: Московский комсомолец ↗

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