Police Detain Phone Fraudsters' Courier After Scamming Muscovite
In Moscow, there are still cases of citizens being deceived.
Fraudsters use old and new schemes, but sooner or later they are caught.
Police officers detained a young man for stealing money from a woman. The details are reported by the Moscow Agency, citing Vladimir Vasenin, head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Moscow.
It is noted that the alleged rector of the temple contacted the employee of the temple. He reported that an investigation was underway regarding the woman. After some time, a government employee contacted her and convinced the woman to withdraw money from the account.
According to Vasenin, the woman completed all the actions and then handed over the money to the fake representative of the collection service.
He noted that the material damage amounted to 656 thousand rubles.
In addition, after some time, the suspect was detained. He was a courier.
It is added that a criminal case has now been opened under the article on fraud. The man has signed a written undertaking not to leave.
