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Employees of the department for combating the illegal use of information and communication technologies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Khakassia detained seven residents of the region. They are suspected of a series of remote frauds committed by an organized group that caused significant damage.
“It has been previously established that the attackers have created several accounts on popular crypto exchanges in their names. They posted advertisements online for the sale of digital assets. Potential buyers were informed of the price and details to which the advance payment should be made. After receiving the money, the scammers stopped communicating. Currently, investigators have information about 12 victims from different regions of the Russian Federation, each of whom transferred from 100 to 300 thousand rubles to the scammers,” said official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
The police, with the support of the National Guard, conducted searches at the suspects’ places of residence and in a rented apartment, which was used as a call center. More than fifty SIM cards, communications equipment, computer equipment, bank cards, cars in which the detainees were traveling, and other items of evidentiary value were discovered and seized.
“An investigator of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Khakassia opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. A preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen against the defendants. Their possible involvement in other episodes of illegal activity is being checked,” said Irina Volk.
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“It has been previously established that the attackers have created several accounts on popular crypto exchanges in their names. They posted advertisements online for the sale of digital assets. Potential buyers were informed of the price and details to which the advance payment should be made. After receiving the money, the scammers stopped communicating. Currently, investigators have information about 12 victims from different regions of the Russian Federation, each of whom transferred from 100 to 300 thousand rubles to the scammers,” said official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
The police, with the support of the National Guard, conducted searches at the suspects’ places of residence and in a rented apartment, which was used as a call center. More than fifty SIM cards, communications equipment, computer equipment, bank cards, cars in which the detainees were traveling, and other items of evidentiary value were discovered and seized.
“An investigator of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Khakassia opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. A preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen against the defendants. Their possible involvement in other episodes of illegal activity is being checked,” said Irina Volk.
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