It has become known about a fraud that took place in St. Petersburg.
A pensioner was persuaded to buy 40 jars of red caviar at a discount, but the product turned out to be counterfeit.
RIA Novosti reports the incident, citing information from the St. Petersburg police.
According to law enforcement agencies, this incident occurred at the end of October.
An elderly woman from the village of Strelna met a stranger on Frontovaya Street who approached her with a tempting offer.
The man offered the pensioner to buy 40 jars of caviar at a very favorable price, to which the woman eventually agreed.
She gave the stranger 37 thousand rubles for the purchase and only at home discovered that she had been deceived. Instead of red caviar, the jars contained collagen balls.
The woman contacted the police, and law enforcement officers opened a criminal case under the article on fraud. The identity of the criminal has not yet been established, he is wanted.
