“Employees of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the South-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow detained three residents of the capital. They are accused of fraud committed on an especially large scale.
It was previously established that an employee of the head office of a large retail chain ordered retailer gift cards from a partner company. Then, using her official position, she activated them and programmatically increased the balance by significant amounts. However, she did not deposit funds onto the cards. The two accomplices then used these cards to pay for baby formula in the company’s stores, after which they sold it through their own channels. The damage caused to the retail chain exceeded 100 million rubles.
As a result of operational search activities, police detained a company employee and two alleged accomplices. During the searches, special equipment for recording information on a magnetic card, mobile phones, office equipment, bank cards and other items of evidentiary value were seized.
An investigator from the Investigative Directorate of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the South-East Administrative District of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow initiated criminal cases on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which are currently combined into one proceeding. The defendants were charged and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior,” said official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
It was previously established that an employee of the head office of a large retail chain ordered retailer gift cards from a partner company. Then, using her official position, she activated them and programmatically increased the balance by significant amounts. However, she did not deposit funds onto the cards. The two accomplices then used these cards to pay for baby formula in the company’s stores, after which they sold it through their own channels. The damage caused to the retail chain exceeded 100 million rubles.
As a result of operational search activities, police detained a company employee and two alleged accomplices. During the searches, special equipment for recording information on a magnetic card, mobile phones, office equipment, bank cards and other items of evidentiary value were seized.
An investigator from the Investigative Directorate of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the South-East Administrative District of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow initiated criminal cases on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which are currently combined into one proceeding. The defendants were charged and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior,” said official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
