Telephone scammers deceived a 17-year-old Khimki resident, threatening her with criminal liability for allegedly financing the Ukrainian army. The girl let the courier into the house, who opened the safe and took from there more than seven million rubles. This was reported on Monday, May 18 by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region.
“Under the influence of the scammers, the minor sent photos and videos of home furniture to the attackers, who were particularly interested in her parents’ safe. They informed the girl that a specialist with equipment to open the safe would arrive to announce the contents of the safe. Soon a young man arrived at the victim’s home, used a grinder to saw the safe and took rubles and foreign currencies from there, they said. cable– Department channel.
Police officers arrested the suspect. He turned out to be a 22-year-old citizen of the Samara region. The young man said that he himself became a victim of scammers. The attacker gave the stolen money to his partner. A criminal case was opened against the detainee. According to the court’s decision, he was sent to a pre-trial detention center.
Earlier, a resident of the Moscow region, on the instructions of fraudsters, came to the house of a young man and tried to open the safe. He was unable to do so because the apartment owner caught him red-handed. The man called the police and the suspect was arrested. A criminal case has been opened and the accused is under house arrest.