Employees of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan identified a 48-year-old resident of Zainsk, who was engaged in selling information about individuals and legal entities under the guise of legitimate commercial activities, which is impossible to obtain legally in open sources.
The Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation " Illegal disclosure or use of information constituting a tax or bank secret, without the consent of its owner, committed by a group of persons by prior agreement
During the investigation, it was established that the organizer of the scheme received information about the property and funds of citizens and firms anonymously through social networks from unidentified partners who had illegal access to the databases of the tax service and banking institutions. Then, through instant messengers, he passed it to anonymous customers for a fee. Due to the fact that the number of people who wanted to illegally obtain information about third parties was increasing, the organizer involved five of his acquaintances in illegal activities. In the period from 2017 to January 2023, they provided information to more than five thousand customers.
The Zainsky City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan convicted all the defendants. The organizer who entered into a pre-trial cooperation agreement was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison, while the other members of the group were sentenced to 1 year and 6 months each.
The Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation " Illegal disclosure or use of information constituting a tax or bank secret, without the consent of its owner, committed by a group of persons by prior agreement
During the investigation, it was established that the organizer of the scheme received information about the property and funds of citizens and firms anonymously through social networks from unidentified partners who had illegal access to the databases of the tax service and banking institutions. Then, through instant messengers, he passed it to anonymous customers for a fee. Due to the fact that the number of people who wanted to illegally obtain information about third parties was increasing, the organizer involved five of his acquaintances in illegal activities. In the period from 2017 to January 2023, they provided information to more than five thousand customers.
The Zainsky City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan convicted all the defendants. The organizer who entered into a pre-trial cooperation agreement was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison, while the other members of the group were sentenced to 1 year and 6 months each.
