Prosecutor’s office saved a pensioner from Murom from a loan of 5 million rubles

Murom city Prosecutor’s office has achieved in court annulment of the enslaving transaction, which got a local resident. Under the influence of phone fraudsters, a 78-year-old woman issued a loan agreement worth 5 million rubles.

Attackers, having reported access to the pensioner’s personal data, gradually forced her to make a series of manipulations in the bank’s mobile application and dictate codes from SMS. Being under psychological pressure, the woman transferred the borrowed funds to the account indicated by the scammers. Since no payments were made on the loan, the bank ceded the right to claim the debt to the collection firm.

On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The supervisory authority sent a lawsuit to the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg to recognize the contract as invalid. The demands of the prosecutor were satisfied, the decision did not enter into legal force. The restoration of the applicant’s rights and the investigation of the criminal case remain under the control of the prosecutor’s office.