A taxi driver caught a fraudster who lured millions from his grandmother

In the Yaroslavl region, a taxi driver helped detain a courier of fraudsters who took a large sum from a pensioner. This is reported by the GU MIA of Russia in the region.

The driver noticed that his passenger was having suspicious conversations on the phone. Realizing that he was a scammer, the taxi driver turned to the police at a stationary post in Pereslavl-Zalessky.

When inspecting the things of the passenger, the guards found more than 2.5 million rubles in cash in the backpack. It turned out that this money was taken by a young man born in 2005 from an elderly woman in Rybinsk. He used the code word “weather” to transfer funds.

The detainee admitted that he got a job as a courier to scammers. The moment of the transfer of money was caught on CCTV.

The injured pensioner has given money to fraudsters several times since the end of September. The total amount of damage exceeded 13 million rubles. In fact, a criminal case was opened, an accomplice of scammers was arrested.