“Black realtors” in St. Petersburg received apartments at the cost of five deaths

In St. Petersburg, the attackers drank lonely people with alcohol, and then re-registered their housing for fake persons. According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, five alleged victims died in 2017-2018 as a result of this.

The suspects found lonely people in difficult life situations, won their trust and mixed alcohol into drinks. After the victims died, they re-registered apartments for strangers and sold real estate. So they bought apartments on Enlightenment Avenue, Civic Avenue, Rudnev Street and Demyan Bedny Street. It was established that in the period from 2017 to 2018, five people died who were victims of “black realtors”.

The investigation believes that the organizer of the crime is a 49-year-old resident of St. Petersburg. His alleged accomplice is a 65-year-old man with a criminal record who was assisted by a 53-year-old cohabitant. All three are under arrest. In addition, in St. Petersburg and Krasnodar Krai detained three people who are believed to be part of this group. The age of detainees varies from 42 to 50 years.

It is noted that in February, the police caught a group of fraudsters who tricked into taking possession of apartments on the streets of John Reed and Budapest. During the investigation, it turned out that the detainees were also involved in a number of murders. Criminal investigation operatives and GUFSIN employees actively worked to solve this case.