An elderly businesswoman from St. Petersburg gave 1.7 million rubles to a fraudster from Kamchatka

In St. Petersburg, police detained a 23-year-old resident of the Kamchatka Territory, suspected of involvement in fraud against an elderly businesswoman. The victim of the scam was a 75-year-old director of a travel company, who lost 1.7 million rubles. This was reported in the GU MIA of Russia in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.

The police of the Admiralty district appealed on October 21. She said that the day before she called unknown people who convinced her of the need to secure and declare savings. Believing the attackers, St. Petersburg gave the courier 1.7 million rubles.

On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was opened under part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud on an especially large scale.

On the evening of October 25, the criminal investigation officers detained the alleged participant of the criminal scheme at the house No. 41 on Voznesensky Prospekt. He was a 23-year-old unemployed resident of the Kamchatka Territory.

The young man was detained. Law enforcers establish the circumstances of the incident.

Earlier, the police of Kabardino-Balkaria established the identity of the alleged courier of fraudsters, who took 1.5 million rubles from a 74-year-old resident of Nalchik. It turned out to be a 22-year-old Petersburger.