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On March 28, 2024, operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, in cooperation with employees of the regional Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia, detained three local residents who used SIM cards as electronic means of payment for illegal receipt and transfer of funds.
It is established that a 31-year-old resident of the Nevsky district, together with a 20-year-old resident of Vyborg and her 20-year-old cohabitant, purchased at least 9216 "gray" sim cards, which they activated using special equipment, then connected virtual payment cards to them and illegally used sim cards as electronic means of payment.
On this fact, an investigator of the investigative unit for the investigation of organized criminal activities of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under part 1 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Illegal turnover of payment funds".
Searches were conducted at the residential addresses of the defendants, during which the police found and seized 12 mobile phones and 7 more phones with loops for activating sim cards, 5 sim card activators, 2 sim cards and 2 laptops, as well as cash in the amount of 454,100 rubles.
The suspects were detained under Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.
Operational and investigative measures aimed at identifying other participants and additional episodes of illegal activities of malefactors are being continued.
It is established that a 31-year-old resident of the Nevsky district, together with a 20-year-old resident of Vyborg and her 20-year-old cohabitant, purchased at least 9216 "gray" sim cards, which they activated using special equipment, then connected virtual payment cards to them and illegally used sim cards as electronic means of payment.
On this fact, an investigator of the investigative unit for the investigation of organized criminal activities of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under part 1 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Illegal turnover of payment funds".
Searches were conducted at the residential addresses of the defendants, during which the police found and seized 12 mobile phones and 7 more phones with loops for activating sim cards, 5 sim card activators, 2 sim cards and 2 laptops, as well as cash in the amount of 454,100 rubles.
The suspects were detained under Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.
Operational and investigative measures aimed at identifying other participants and additional episodes of illegal activities of malefactors are being continued.
