A preliminary investigation of the criminal case against members of an interregional organized group who are accused of fraud and theft of funds by remote means has been completed by the investigator of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Tver Region.
"The investigation established that the accomplices called the phones of residents of the Tver region, as well as other regions of Russia, and presented themselves as employees of credit organizations. They provided citizens with deliberately false information about an attempt to apply for a consumer loan. Under the alleged pretext of protecting their savings, victims were offered to transfer money to a "safe", "reserve" or "insurance" account, which was actually controlled by accomplices. In addition, they received remote access to accounts, from which funds were also subsequently debited, " said Irina Volk, an official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry.
Among the accomplices, the roles were clearly distributed. As a result of their activities, 177 victims suffered damage totaling more than 161 million rubles. The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of crimes under Articles 158 and 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
"The illegal activity was stopped by employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tver region. 14 defendants were detained and remanded in custody.
Currently, the criminal case with the approved indictment has been sent to the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia for consideration on the merits," Irina Volk said.
"The investigation established that the accomplices called the phones of residents of the Tver region, as well as other regions of Russia, and presented themselves as employees of credit organizations. They provided citizens with deliberately false information about an attempt to apply for a consumer loan. Under the alleged pretext of protecting their savings, victims were offered to transfer money to a "safe", "reserve" or "insurance" account, which was actually controlled by accomplices. In addition, they received remote access to accounts, from which funds were also subsequently debited, " said Irina Volk, an official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry.
Among the accomplices, the roles were clearly distributed. As a result of their activities, 177 victims suffered damage totaling more than 161 million rubles. The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of crimes under Articles 158 and 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
"The illegal activity was stopped by employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tver region. 14 defendants were detained and remanded in custody.
Currently, the criminal case with the approved indictment has been sent to the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia for consideration on the merits," Irina Volk said.
