“Safe account” cost pensioner from Kotovsk in 1.6 million rubles

Employees of the Tambov police revealed another case of remote fraud, the victim of which was an elderly resident of Kotovsk. Despite regular preventive conversations conducted by law enforcement officers with citizens, attackers continue to use sophisticated methods of deception.

71-year-old pensioner, trusting the telephone interlocutor, who introduced himself as an employee of the law enforcement structure, transferred his savings — 1 million 641 thousand rubles — courier “dropper”. It turned out to be a 23-year-old young man looking for easy earnings and ready to break the law.

Thanks to the prompt actions of employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tambov region and colleagues from Kotovsk, the fraudster was able to calculate and detain. He was a resident of a remote region of the country and did not expect such a quick retribution. During the investigation, other episodes of his criminal activity are being worked out.

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 on an especially large scale”. The case materials will be submitted to the court. The maximum penalty for the sanction of the article is imprisonment for up to 10 years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles.